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Administrative Areas

Ward
Forden
Local Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village in a sparse setting
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
155
Population
376
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
108
Wales❚SY21 8LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
376
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
81
Married
160
Civil partnership
1
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
20

Health

Population
376
Very good
201
Good
126
Fair
33
Bad
11
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
Wales❚SY21 8LF❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
376
White British
365
White Irish
2
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
376
England
254
Scotland
2
Wales
109
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
376
Christian
237
Other
1
No religion
96
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
174
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
15
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
247
Wales❚SY21 8LF❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
42
Unemployed
5
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
155
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
74
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
162
Occupied
155
Unoccupied
7
Detached
98
Semi detached
23
Terraced
39
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
155
One person
38
Two people
62
Three people
17
Four people
28
Five people
9
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY21 8LX SY21 8PA SY21 8TR

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