Cwmynyscoy is a suburb of Pontypool

Pontypool

Pontypool is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales....

 town in the district of the County Borough

County borough

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 of Torfaen

Torfaen

Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a unitary authority.-Education:...

, south east Wales

Wales

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Statistics

• All figures quoted have been derived from the 2001 Census
  United Kingdom Census 2001
  A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
  
   unless otherwise stated.

Demographic Indicators

Total population

Population

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 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.

Activity Rates (2001)

Male (16-74) economic activity rate

Economic activity rate

Economic activity rate is the percentage of the population, both employed and unemployed, who constitutes the manpower supply of the labor market regardless of their current labor status....

 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%)

Unemployment (2004)

Whilst unemployment

Unemployment

Unemployment , as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks...

 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).

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%)

Car Ownership (2001)

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

Education (2001)

Residents qualified to Level 4/5: 8.9% (Torfaen 13.6%, Wales 17.4%). (Level 4/5: First degree

First Degree

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, Higher degree

Academic degree

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, NVQ levels 4 and 5, HNC

Higher National Certificate

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, HND

Higher National Diploma

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, Qualified Teacher Status

Qualified Teacher Status

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, Qualified Medical Doctor, Qualified Dentist

Dentist

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, Qualified Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor

Health visitor

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Lone Parent Families (2001)

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