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Administrative Areas

Ward
Welshpool Castle
Local Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
130
Population
298
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
Wales❚SY21 7UE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
214
Single
93
Married
56
Separated
11
Divorced
35
Widowed
19

Health

Population
298
Very good
118
Good
98
Fair
51
Bad
24
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
214
Wales❚SY21 7UE❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
14
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
283
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
171
Scotland
2
Wales
109
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Spain
1
Poland
8
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
1

Religion

Population
298
Christian
166
Hindu
1
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
109
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
110
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
13
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
6
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
182
Wales❚SY21 7UE❚
Full-Time employee
54
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
6
Unemployed
16
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
29
Rented - other social
72
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
1
Detached
4
Semi detached
41
Terraced
74
Flat - purpose built
12

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
44
Two people
41
Three people
21
Four people
15
Five people
5
Six people
4

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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