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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000291

New Tredegar & Darren Valley

New Tredegar & Darren Valley is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,087 residents in Caerphilly. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Caerphilly
7,087

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,111

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

241.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Blaina & Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent9,097 residents · 59.2% owned · 21.4% no carMerthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw & Bedlinog, Merthyr Tydfil8,083 residents · 64.7% owned · 25.8% no carCaerau, Bridgend6,665 residents · 64.5% owned · 28.5% no carNant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale & Blackmill, Bridgend7,981 residents · 67.5% owned · 21.2% no carTreherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf5,705 residents · 65.2% owned · 31.4% no carMountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf7,249 residents · 66.4% owned · 26.6% no car

Most similar within Caerphilly

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rhymney, Pontlottyn & Abertysswg, Caerphilly8,545 residents · 56.6% owned · 28.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in New Tredegar & Darren Valley

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned62.9%
1,957 households
Private rented18.5%
576 households
Social rented18.4%
573 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced64.1%
1,995 households
Semi-detached21.5%
669 households
Detached8.9%
277 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.7%
116 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.9%
1,272 households
No cars or vans in household27.2%
846 households
2 cars or vans in household22.5%
699 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.5%
294 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.4%
1,879 households
2 bedrooms24.1%
750 households
4 or more bedrooms10.1%
314 households
1 bedroom5.4%
168 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.5%
1,914 households
One-person household33.5%
1,043 households
Other household types4.9%
153 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.5%
1,043 households
2 people in household31.1%
967 households
3 people in household18.5%
577 households
4 people in household11.6%
361 households
5 people in household3.8%
118 households
6 people in household1%
31 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,232 residents
15–2918%
1,276 residents
30–4417.9%
1,269 residents
45–6427%
1,914 residents
65 and over19.7%
1,399 residents
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.6%
6,994 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
44 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
36 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
12 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
4 residents
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications32.9%
1,903 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.6%
1,075 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
912 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
838 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
587 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
152 residents aged 16 and over
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.9%
3,056 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.7%
2,642 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
81 residents aged 16 and over
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.6%
1,189 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.6%
901 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.3%
824 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
701 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
589 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations9.5%
549 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.5%
261 residents aged 16 and over
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.5%
2,800 residents
Good health31.6%
2,241 residents
Fair health17.8%
1,259 residents
Bad health8.3%
585 residents
Very bad health2.9%
202 residents
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.7%
5,223 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.3%
1,865 residents
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension34.3%
1,068 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,036 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.8%
709 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.4%
292 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
New Tredegar & Darren Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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