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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
174
Population
574
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
162
Wales❚NP12 1HB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
50
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
574
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
422
Single
106
Married
250
Separated
3
Divorced
27
Widowed
36

Health

Population
574
Very good
356
Good
136
Fair
50
Bad
15
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
422
Wales❚NP12 1HB❚
Degree or above
71
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
89
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
134
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
574
White British
550
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
3
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
574
England
52
Scotland
1
Wales
498
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Poland
4
Turkey
1
India
4
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
574
Christian
343
Buddhist
3
Muslim
3
Sikh
7
No religion
186
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
306
Manufacturing
52
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
35
Education
43
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
386
Wales❚NP12 1HB❚
Full-Time employee
227
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
24
Unemployed
7
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
35
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
174
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
120
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
177
Occupied
174
Unoccupied
3
Detached
131
Semi detached
20
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
174
One person
19
Two people
35
Three people
45
Four people
60
Five people
15

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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