Logo of PostcodeInfo website

Administrative Areas

Ward
Blaenavon
Local Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
142
Population
265
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
Wales❚NP4 9NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
60

Age Groups

Population
265
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
102
Married
46
Civil partnership
3
Separated
10
Divorced
40
Widowed
15

Health

Population
265
Very good
101
Good
73
Fair
49
Bad
34
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
Wales❚NP4 9NZ❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
23
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
265
White British
255
White Other
8
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
265
England
30
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
228
Germany
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
265
Christian
99
Other
4
No religion
146
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
85
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
205
Wales❚NP4 9NZ❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
6
Unemployed
22
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
44
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
58
Rented - other social
54
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
6
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
108
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
69
Two people
42
Three people
16
Four people
11
Five people
4

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