Blaenavon Town Updated 17/12/14 PSSU Research Team Resident population Residents in communal establishments Total 6055 # % Male 2978 Total 29 0.5 Female 3077 Household population 6026 Students not at home * 29 Households Total 2645 Resident population age structure # % Average household size 0-4 yr olds 386 6.4 5-15 yr olds 812 13.4 16-24 yr olds 706 11.7 Average size 2.3 25-44 yr olds 1540 25.4 45-59 yr olds 1106 18.3 60-64 yr olds 403 6.7 65-74 yr olds 606 10.0 Overcrowded households % 75-89 yr olds 448 7.4 90+ yr olds 48 0.8 Occupancy rating of -1 or worse 4.4 Ethnic group Religion # % # % White 5972 98.6 Christian 3123 51.6 Mixed 28 0.5 Buddhist 16 0.3 Asian or Asian British 45 0.7 Hindu 15 0.3 Black or Black British 5 0.1 Jewish 0 0.0 Other 5 0.1 Muslim 2 0.0 Sikh 0 0.0 Other 27 0.5 Welsh Language No religion 2438 40.3 Not stated 434 7.2 All residents aged 3+ 5823 # % No welsh skills 5046 86.7 Housing tenure Understands spoken welsh 133 2.3 Speaks Welsh 581 10.0 # % Speaks, read & write 429 7.4 Owner occupied 1648 62.3 Speak & read 29 0.5 Shared ownership 3 0.1 Speak only 101 1.7 Local authority rented 289 10.9 Other combination 85 1.5 Private rented 241 9.1 Housing Associations 411 15.5 Other/rent free 53 2.0 Household and family type % One person (aged under 65) 17.8 Dwelling type % One person (aged 65+) 15.6 All pensioners 7.9 Whole house or bungalow 84.9 Couple - no children 16.9 Flat, maisonette or apartment 15.1 Couple & non-dependent children 6.8 Lone parent & non-dep. children 3.9 All households with dep. children 29.1 Economic activity (% of all aged 16-74) Couple & dependent children 19.4 Lone parent & dependent children 7.5 Male Female Economically active 68.5 58.0 Economically inactive 31.5 42.0 Household spaces Total 2817 Economically active (% of all aged 16-74) With residents 2645 With no permanent residents 172 Male Female Working full-time 46.7 28.3 Working part-time 5.3 20.0 Vehicle availability % Self employed 8.2 2.9 Unemployed 7.1 4.3 Households with no car/van 26.3 Full-time student 1.2 2.5 Households with one car 45.1 Households with 2+ cars/vans 28.7 Economically inactive (% of all aged16-74) Weekly hours worked (main job) % Male Female Male Female Perm. Sick/disabled 8.5 7.8 15 hours & under 2.2 4.3 Retired 15.0 18.8 16 - 30 hours 4.4 15.4 Looking after home/family 1.9 9.6 31 - 48 hours 40.1 24.7 Students 4.2 3.4 49+ hours 7.0 1.8 Employed residents Qualified residents (% of all aged 16+) # % Highest qualification attained level 4/5 16.9 Total 2187 50.2 Highest qualification attained level 3 11.2 Male 1141 52.0 Highest qualification attained level 1/2 30.9 Female 1046 48.3 No qualifications 32.5 Self employed residents Industries (% of all aged 16-74 in work) # % Energy, water, agriculture, Total 242 5.6 fishing, mining, quarrying etc 1.3 Male 180 8.2 Manufacturing 18.6 Female 62 2.9 Construction 10.1 Hotels & Catering 4.3 Transport, storage Travel to work (% of all aged 16-74 in work) & communication 5.0 Wholesale & retail, repair of motor Car/M'cycle/Taxi/Van 46.4% vehicles 14.6 Public transport 3.0% Financial intermediation 1.1 Foot 5.5% Real estate, renting & business Cycle/other 0.6% activities 6.8 Works at home 1.6% Public admin & defence 8.1 Education 7.3 Health & social work 15.6 Socio-economic groups Other 7.4 (% of all aged 16-74) Male Female Occupations (% of all aged 16-74 in work) Large employers and higher managerial 9.2 4.2 Managerial 7.3 Higher professional/professional Professional, technical 21.2 & lower managerial 17.0 20.9 Admin & secretarial 10.2 Small employers & own Skilled trades 15.6 account workers 9.5 4.0 Sales & customer service 8.4 Intermediate occupations 5.2 16.8 Process plant & machine 12.5 Lower supervisory/ Elementary occupations 12.3 technical operations 14.7 5.4 Caring, Leisure & other 12.5 Semi-routine occupations 16.2 24.3 Routine occupations 22.3 13.8 Never worked 4.7 5.9 Long term employed 3.1 2.1 Other 5.3 6.0 DWP benefit claimants ¥ JSA claimants (by age & duration) May 2014 November 2014 # % # % Total 810 22.6 18-24 45 1.3 25-49 75 2.1 Job seekers 130 3.6 50+ 10 0.3 ESA & incapacity benefits 435 12.1 Lone parents 60 1.7 Up to 6 months 90 2.3 Carers 95 2.7 Over 6 up to 12 months 15 0.3 Others on income Over 12 months 40 1.1 related benefits 20 0.5 Disabled 65 1.8 Bereaved 10 0.2 Key out-of-work benefits includes the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents Key out of work benefits 645 18 and others on related benefits. # Total JSA claimants ¥ = % is number of persons claiming JSA as a November 2014 proportion of resident population of the same age # % Total 141 3.8 Males 89 4.7 # = % is a proportion of resident population of Females 52 2.8 area aged 16-64 and gender Residents with limiting long term illness Sources (LLTI) & general health of all # % PSSU Research Team have derived the tables in this People with LLTI 1473 24.3 profile from a combination of 2011 Census Key & Quick Statistics Table and the Labour Market Profiles General Health Very good/good 4554 75.2 Fair 962 15.9 For further information please contact PSSU Research Very bad/bad 539 8.9 Team, Floor 5, Civic Centre, Glantorfaen Road, Pontypool, NP4 6YB Crime Statistics Email: [email protected] 2011 2012 2013 ASB 413 333 382 Burglary 46 32 42 Robbery 0 1 1 Vehicle 38 26 37 Violent 43 29 21 Other 208 136 129.