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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000317

Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed

Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,786 residents in Blaenau Gwent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blaenau Gwent
7,786

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,441

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,507.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.9%

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.

Pyle, Kenfig Hill & Cefncribwr, Bridgend8,880 residents · 64.6% owned · 20.0% no carMaesteg East, Bridgend7,174 residents · 67.5% owned · 25.1% no carPeterlee West, County Durham7,228 residents · 56.7% owned · 31.3% no carLlanelli Bigyn, Carmarthenshire6,587 residents · 61.8% owned · 24.3% no carAbercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf6,375 residents · 66.5% owned · 22.9% no carPontnewydd & Upper Cwmbran, Torfaen8,067 residents · 60.3% owned · 22.3% no car

Most similar within Blaenau Gwent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Blaina & Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent9,097 residents · 59.2% owned · 21.4% no carRassau & Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent6,622 residents · 61.9% owned · 20.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed

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

Tenure

Owned60.2%
2,071 households
Social rented27.1%
933 households
Private rented12.3%
423 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.4%
1,667 households
Semi-detached33.6%
1,158 households
Detached8.7%
300 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.1%
278 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.8%
1,509 households
2 cars or vans in household26.4%
907 households
No cars or vans in household20.7%
714 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.1%
312 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms63.4%
2,181 households
2 bedrooms23.1%
795 households
4 or more bedrooms9.4%
325 households
1 bedroom4.1%
141 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.5%
2,256 households
One-person household30.5%
1,051 households
Other household types3.9%
135 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.9%
1,201 households
1 person in household30.5%
1,051 households
3 people in household18.7%
645 households
4 people in household11.7%
402 households
5 people in household3.1%
108 households
6 people in household0.8%
29 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,298 residents
15–2917.6%
1,374 residents
30–4417.7%
1,375 residents
45–6427.9%
2,174 residents
65 and over20.1%
1,569 residents
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.9%
7,623 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
77 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
52 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
20 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
13 residents
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27%
1,731 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.9%
1,405 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,079 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
992 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
668 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
341 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
185 residents aged 16 and over
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.2%
3,533 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.7%
2,735 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations18.6%
1,193 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,113 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
717 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
712 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.1%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
419 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.3%
342 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
338 residents aged 16 and over
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.3%
3,370 residents
Good health32.2%
2,508 residents
Fair health15.9%
1,242 residents
Bad health6.5%
506 residents
Very bad health2.1%
161 residents
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.4%
5,947 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.6%
1,839 residents
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.5%
1,361 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,153 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.6%
675 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.3%
252 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed · 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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