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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
156
Population
334
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
Wales❚SY21 8LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
334
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
288
Single
64
Married
183
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
25

Health

Population
334
Very good
148
Good
133
Fair
37
Bad
10
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
288
Wales❚SY21 8LJ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
95
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
334
White British
326
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Asian Indian
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
334
England
209
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
110
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
India
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
334
Christian
235
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Jewish
2
Other
1
No religion
81
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
171
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
19
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
14
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
245
Wales❚SY21 8LJ❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
55
Unemployed
4
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
80
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
10
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
171
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
15
Detached
130
Semi detached
30
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
41
Two people
75
Three people
22
Four people
14
Five people
3
Six people
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