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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
123
Population
303
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
Wales❚NP2 1QB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
303
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
78
Married
123
Separated
3
Divorced
24
Widowed
25

Health

Population
303
Very good
136
Good
86
Fair
52
Bad
26
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
Wales❚NP2 1QB❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
303
White British
295
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
303
England
27
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
268
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
China
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
303
Christian
173
Buddhist
1
Other
5
No religion
110
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
130
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
9
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
217
Wales❚NP2 1QB❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
22
Unemployed
6
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
15
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
7
Detached
16
Semi detached
44
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
36
Two people
45
Three people
16
Four people
19
Five people
6
Eight or over
1

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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