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Administrative Areas

Ward
Blackwood
Local Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Islwyn
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
127
Population
356
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
Wales❚NP12 1FQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
356
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
263
Single
75
Married
154
Separated
8
Divorced
19
Widowed
7

Health

Population
356
Very good
227
Good
95
Fair
20
Bad
11
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
263
Wales❚NP12 1FQ❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
356
White British
337
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
356
England
29
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
307
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
5
Poland
2
Hong Kong
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
356
Christian
177
Muslim
3
Other
5
No religion
152
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
196
Manufacturing
38
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
25
Education
19
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
259
Wales❚NP12 1FQ❚
Full-Time employee
137
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
23
Unemployed
5
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
88
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
1
Detached
83
Semi detached
14
Terraced
31

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
18
Two people
38
Three people
35
Four people
26
Five people
7
Six people
3

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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