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Administrative Areas

Ward
Porthcawl West Central
Local Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Bridgend
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
144
Population
307
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
Wales❚CF36 3EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
263
Single
84
Married
107
Separated
6
Divorced
43
Widowed
23

Health

Population
307
Very good
129
Good
85
Fair
53
Bad
31
Very bad
43

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
263
Wales❚CF36 3EF❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
301
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
69
Scotland
2
Wales
232
France
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
190
No religion
103
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
141
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
11
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
234
Wales❚CF36 3EF❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
22
Unemployed
9
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
24
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
157
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
13
Detached
11
Semi detached
77
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
43
Flat - converted
10

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
62
Two people
34
Three people
21
Four people
21
Five people
6

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019