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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
150
Population
307
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
130
Wales❚SY21 7UX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
59

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
116
Married
85
Civil partnership
2
Separated
12
Divorced
37
Widowed
10

Health

Population
307
Very good
136
Good
120
Fair
33
Bad
14
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
Wales❚SY21 7UX❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
42
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
201
White Irish
4
White Other
89
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
3
Black African
3
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
116
Scotland
1
Wales
91
Ireland
4
Poland
73
Romania
2
Ghana
2
Middle East
2
China
1
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
4
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
197
Muslim
6
Other
3
No religion
80
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
189
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
73
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
253
Wales❚SY21 7UX❚
Full-Time employee
133
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
24
Unemployed
16
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
150
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
81
Rented - other private
10
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
168
Occupied
150
Unoccupied
18
Detached
17
Semi detached
19
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
32
Flat - converted
12
Flat - in commerical building
35

Household Size

All categoies
150
One person
67
Two people
39
Three people
26
Four people
9
Five people
8
Eight or over
1

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