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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
132
Population
325
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
Wales❚NP2 1ED❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
69
Married
166
Separated
3
Divorced
20
Widowed
21

Health

Population
325
Very good
140
Good
115
Fair
46
Bad
15
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
Wales❚NP2 1ED❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
300
White Other
6
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
3
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
19
Scotland
1
Wales
283
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
4
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
2
India
6
Philippines
3
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
325
Christian
206
Muslim
3
Sikh
4
Other
1
No religion
89
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
13
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
255
Wales❚NP2 1ED❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
16
Unemployed
7
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
9
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
3
Detached
95
Semi detached
12
Terraced
28

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
32
Two people
47
Three people
25
Four people
18
Five people
8
Six people
2

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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