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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
118
Population
297
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
Wales❚NP2 1ZR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
67
Married
141
Separated
4
Divorced
16
Widowed
21

Health

Population
297
Very good
118
Good
90
Fair
57
Bad
26
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
Wales❚NP2 1ZR❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
103

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
291
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
21
Scotland
1
Wales
268
Germany
1
Portugal
3
China
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
297
Christian
134
Buddhist
1
No religion
139
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
122
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
233
Wales❚NP2 1ZR❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
9
Unemployed
6
Retired
57
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
24
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
96
Terraced
22
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
31
Two people
33
Three people
25
Four people
21
Five people
7
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