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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
171
Population
403
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
131
Wales❚NP2 1GN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
51
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
403
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
32%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
357
Single
80
Married
226
Separated
5
Divorced
29
Widowed
17

Health

Population
403
Very good
206
Good
121
Fair
55
Bad
18
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
357
Wales❚NP2 1GN❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
72
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
134
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
403
White British
400
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
403
England
47
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
354
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
403
Christian
276
Buddhist
1
No religion
116
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
216
Mining
1
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
30
Education
33
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
336
Wales❚NP2 1GN❚
Full-Time employee
143
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
22
Unemployed
2
Retired
82
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
29
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
171
Owned outright
85
Owned with mortgage
76
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
173
Occupied
171
Unoccupied
2
Detached
119
Semi detached
32
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
17

Household Size

All categoies
171
One person
41
Two people
67
Three people
33
Four people
23
Five people
5
Six 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