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Administrative Areas

Ward
Darren Valley
Local Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
137
Population
351
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
Wales❚CF8 9HT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
82
Married
156
Separated
5
Divorced
13
Widowed
24

Health

Population
351
Very good
161
Good
91
Fair
59
Bad
30
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
Wales❚CF8 9HT❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
96

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
347
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
30
Scotland
1
Wales
315
Germany
1
Romania
1
Zimbabwe
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
351
Christian
196
Jewish
1
Other
2
No religion
129
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
153
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
12
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
250
Wales❚CF8 9HT❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
7
Detached
19
Semi detached
53
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
35
Two people
37
Three people
32
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CF81 9HY CF81 9HX CF81 9GR CF81 9GQ CF81 9GU CF81 9HS CF81 9GS CF81 9GT

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