Electoral wardW05001653Coed-duon
Blackwood ward, Caerphilly County Borough
Blackwood is one of 31 electoral wards of Caerphilly County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 8,103 residents in 3,481 households — 1,923 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newport West and Islwyn constituency.
Residents, 20218,103council ward average 5,676
Households3,4812.33 residents per household
Density1,923/ km²about 4.21 km² · Caerphilly County Borough 636
Aged 65+22.4%Caerphilly County Borough: 20.1% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 348
5–95.1% · 413
10–157.0% · 567
16–194.6% · 373
20–245.1% · 413
25–3411.5% · 933
35–4918.0% · 1,455
50–6422.1% · 1,787
65–7412.4% · 1,003
75–847.0% · 567
85+3.0% · 242
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.1% · 594
1 car or van41.0% · 1,427
2 cars or vans29.0% · 1,009
3 or more13.0% · 451
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Caerphilly County Borough overall: 67.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 13.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.1% · 1,395
With mortgage33.2% · 1,156
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented14.6% · 508
Private rented11.8% · 410
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house26.9% · 936
Semi-detached house40.6% · 1,413
Terraced house27.6% · 962
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 119
Converted house0.8% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001653- Council
- Caerphilly County Borough
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Coed-duon
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 31
Communities in the ward
Blackwood
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbercarn17.5% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned5,446AArgoed18.8% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned2,709CCefn Fforest and Pengam21.0% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned7,393CCrosskeys23.4% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned3,198CCrumlin20.4% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned5,796NNewbridge22.3% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned6,237PPenmaen20.1% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned5,658RRisca East20.2% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned6,143RRisca West21.9% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned5,085
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.