Cwmynyscoy

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Cwmynyscoy - (alternative spelling Cwmyniscoy) is a suburb of Pontypool town in the district of the County Borough of Torfaen, south east Wales.

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[edit] Statistics

  • All figures quoted have been derived from the 2001 Census unless otherwise stated.

[edit] Demographic Indicators

Total population of 1283 (Torfaen 90,949)

48.6% Male, 51.4% Female (Torfaen - 48.4% Male, 51.6% Female)

Age Structure; 19.5% aged between 0-15, 36.6% aged between 16-44, 25.3% aged 45-59/64 and 18.6% of pensionable age.

[edit] Socio-Economic Indicators

[edit] Activity Rates (2001)

Male (16-74) economic activity rate 63.4% (Torfaen 67.8%, Wales 67.7%), female (16-74) economic activity rate 48.9% (Torfaen 54.2%, Wales 54.5%), total economic activity rate 56.1% (Torfaen 60.8%, Wales 61.0%)

[edit] Unemployment (2004)

Whilst unemployment in the area has declined significantly and only 24 people remain registered unemployed, 16 males and 8 females (June 2004). Of the 24 claimants, 10 are under 24 years of age and 5 are registered as long term unemployed (unemployed for over 52 weeks).

[edit] Home Ownership (2001)

Cwmynyscoy has a lower proportion of owner occupied households at 64.9% than Torfaen 68.3% and Wales as a whole 71.3%. 28.4% of properties are rented from the local authority (Torfaen 22.8%, Wales 13.7%)

[edit] Car Ownership (2001)

32.7% of households in Cwmynyscoy do not own a car (Torfaen 27.2%, Wales 26.0%).

[edit] Education (2001)

Residents qualified to Level 4/5: 8.9% (Torfaen 13.6%, Wales 17.4%). (Level 4/5: First degree, Higher degree, NVQ levels 4 and 5, HNC, HND, Qualified Teacher Status, Qualified Medical Doctor, Qualified Dentist, Qualified Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor)

[edit] Lone Parent Families (2001)

10.9% of households in Cwmynyscoy are occupied by lone parents (Torfaen 10.8%, Wales 10.6%).