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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
125
Population
300
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
Wales❚NP2 1QN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
300
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
68
Married
134
Separated
6
Divorced
16
Widowed
15

Health

Population
300
Very good
128
Good
105
Fair
50
Bad
10
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
Wales❚NP2 1QN❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
300
White British
291
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
300
England
13
Wales
280
Germany
1
Italy
1
Romania
3
Kenya
1

Religion

Population
300
Christian
150
Other
3
No religion
135
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
141
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
14
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
209
Wales❚NP2 1QN❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
8
Unemployed
7
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
19
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
61
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
6
Detached
7
Semi detached
46
Terraced
78

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
29
Two people
42
Three people
35
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
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