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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
208
Population
500
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
152
Wales❚NP2 1WQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
76

Age Groups

Population
500
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
347
Single
115
Married
142
Separated
8
Divorced
50
Widowed
32

Health

Population
500
Very good
247
Good
120
Fair
78
Bad
43
Very bad
50

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
347
Wales❚NP2 1WQ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
143

Ethnicity

Population
500
White British
480
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
500
England
31
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
452
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
2
Spain
1
Poland
1
South America
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
500
Christian
221
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
250
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
164
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
16
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
312
Wales❚NP2 1WQ❚
Full-Time employee
103
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
17
Unemployed
11
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
41
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
208
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
31
Rented - other social
64
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
210
Occupied
208
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
38
Terraced
98
Flat - purpose built
48

Household Size

All categoies
208
One person
60
Two people
72
Three people
33
Four people
25
Five people
13
Six people
3
Seven 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