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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000321

Abertillery North & Cwmtillery

Abertillery North & Cwmtillery is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,611 residents in Blaenau Gwent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blaenau Gwent
8,611

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,908

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

594.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.1%

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.

Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf7,249 residents · 66.4% owned · 26.6% no carAberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taf10,012 residents · 64.3% owned · 26.6% no carPontypool, Torfaen8,870 residents · 63.1% owned · 20.7% no carStanley West & Annfield Plain, County Durham7,827 residents · 55.7% owned · 32.5% no carCreswell & Hodthorpe, Bolsover6,165 residents · 51.8% owned · 22.9% no carCrook North & Tow Law, County Durham9,361 residents · 53.9% owned · 25.7% no car

Most similar within Blaenau Gwent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Abertillery South & Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent6,665 residents · 59.0% owned · 23.6% no carTredegar & Georgetown, Blaenau Gwent8,078 residents · 59.7% owned · 24.7% no carBryn-mawr, Blaenau Gwent5,248 residents · 57.8% owned · 24.1% no carBlaina & Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent9,097 residents · 59.2% owned · 21.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Abertillery North & Cwmtillery

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

Tenure

Owned60.1%
2,348 households
Private rented21.3%
834 households
Social rented18.3%
715 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced62.9%
2,461 households
Semi-detached19.7%
770 households
Detached8%
314 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.9%
271 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.3%
1,653 households
No cars or vans in household25.8%
1,009 households
2 cars or vans in household23.1%
904 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
344 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.5%
1,936 households
2 bedrooms35.6%
1,393 households
1 bedroom7.8%
304 households
4 or more bedrooms7.1%
277 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.7%
2,414 households
One-person household34.8%
1,361 households
Other household types3.5%
137 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.8%
1,361 households
2 people in household33%
1,292 households
3 people in household17%
666 households
4 people in household10.4%
405 households
5 people in household3.7%
144 households
6 people in household0.8%
30 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,423 residents
15–2917.2%
1,481 residents
30–4419.3%
1,662 residents
45–6427.3%
2,351 residents
65 and over19.7%
1,697 residents
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.2%
8,454 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
65 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
54 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
23 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.6%
2,096 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.1%
1,425 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.1%
857 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
402 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.7%
3,807 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.9%
3,180 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21%
1,490 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.6%
1,247 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.6%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
552 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.6%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
402 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.4%
3,476 residents
Good health33.2%
2,856 residents
Fair health17%
1,468 residents
Bad health7%
605 residents
Very bad health2.4%
208 residents
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.6%
6,425 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.4%
2,188 residents
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.2%
1,415 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,338 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.7%
849 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.6%
297 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Abertillery North & Cwmtillery · 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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