Residents, 20216,019council ward average 5,127
Households2,6882.24 residents per household
Density337/ km²about 17.88 km² · Torfaen 734
Aged 65+19.5%Torfaen: 20.8% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 346
5–96.0% · 362
10–158.2% · 492
16–194.2% · 255
20–245.2% · 311
25–3413.3% · 798
35–4918.2% · 1,093
50–6419.8% · 1,193
65–7410.4% · 626
75–846.6% · 399
85+2.4% · 147
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.7% · 585
1 car or van43.5% · 1,169
2 cars or vans25.0% · 673
3 or more9.8% · 263
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Torfaen overall: 64.4% owned, 23.8% social rented, 11.2% private rented.
Owned outright33.9% · 913
With mortgage24.2% · 652
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented26.2% · 705
Private rented15.3% · 412
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house11.1% · 299
Semi-detached house19.7% · 529
Terraced house55.4% · 1,490
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 315
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office0.9% · 23
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001362- Council
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Blaenafon
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 18
Communities in the ward
Blaenavon
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbersychan18.9% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned6,710CCoed Eva21.8% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned2,438CCroesyceiliog26.4% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned5,143FFairwater20.5% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned5,040GGreenmeadow18.3% aged 65+ · 64.7% owned2,767LLlanfrechfa and Ponthir30.2% aged 65+ · 89.9% owned2,001LLlantarnam19.0% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned6,495LLlanyrafon27.5% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned2,494NNew Inn29.3% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned5,895PPanteg21.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned7,482PPontnewydd17.2% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned7,136PPontnewynydd and Snatchwood17.4% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned3,790PPontypool Fawr22.2% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned7,448SSt. Dials18.9% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned4,359
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.