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Administrative Areas

Ward
Argoed
Local Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Islwyn
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
186
Population
495
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
138
Wales❚NP2 0AZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
495
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
394
Single
142
Married
189
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
28

Health

Population
495
Very good
253
Good
147
Fair
55
Bad
28
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
394
Wales❚NP2 0AZ❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
74
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
63
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
111

Ethnicity

Population
495
White British
490
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
495
England
46
Scotland
1
Wales
442
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
1

Religion

Population
495
Christian
260
Buddhist
1
Sikh
1
Other
5
No religion
185
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
207
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
26
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
364
Wales❚NP2 0AZ❚
Full-Time employee
130
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
27
Unemployed
30
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
186
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
76
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
196
Occupied
186
Unoccupied
10
Detached
43
Semi detached
100
Terraced
47
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
186
One person
34
Two people
67
Three people
36
Four people
32
Five people
13
Six people
2
Seven people
2

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