Cwmynyscoy


Cwmynyscoy is a suburb of Pontypool town in the district of the County Borough of Torfaen, south east Wales.

Statistics

Total population of 1283
48.6% Male, 51.4% 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.

Socio-Economic Indicators

Activity Rates (2001)

Male economic activity rate 63.4%, female economic activity rate 48.9%, total economic activity rate 56.1%

Unemployment (2004)

Whilst unemployment in the area has declined significantly and only 24 people remain registered unemployed, 16 males and 8 females. Of the 24 claimants, 10 are under 24 years of age and 5 are registered as long-term unemployed.

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

Car Ownership (2001)

32.7% of households in Cwmynyscoy do not own a car.

Education (2001)

Residents qualified to Level 4/5: 8.9%.

Lone Parent Families (2001)

10.9% of households in Cwmynyscoy are occupied by lone parents.

Nature reserve

Cwmynyscoy Quarry is a local nature reserve, within a disused quarry, home to a number of species including noctule bats and barn owls.