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Administrative Areas

Ward
Forden
Local Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
140
Population
347
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
Wales❚SY21 8FD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
347
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
273
Single
78
Married
156
Separated
4
Divorced
21
Widowed
14

Health

Population
347
Very good
164
Good
115
Fair
56
Bad
10
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
273
Wales❚SY21 8FD❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
347
White British
339
White Gypsy
1
White Other
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
347
England
162
Scotland
6
Wales
172
Germany
2
Italy
1
South Africa
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
347
Christian
233
Buddhist
1
Jewish
2
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
175
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
29
Manufacturing
18
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
16
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
238
Wales❚SY21 8FD❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
52
Unemployed
3
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
4
Detached
85
Semi detached
33
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
5
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
35
Two people
59
Three people
12
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six 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