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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
131
Population
319
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
Wales❚NP4 9RW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
93
Married
106
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
17

Health

Population
319
Very good
159
Good
98
Fair
43
Bad
16
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
Wales❚NP4 9RW❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
313
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
27
Scotland
1
Wales
285
Germany
1
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
172
No religion
127
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
146
Mining
1
Manufacturing
25
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
11
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
223
Wales❚NP4 9RW❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
8
Unemployed
11
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
20
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
5
Detached
4
Semi detached
25
Terraced
105
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
33
Two people
47
Three people
26
Four people
16
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven people
2

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