The rate of unemployment in Tremorfa is both higher than the average for Cardiff and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area may be hard. The rate of claiming any benefit is more than 10% lower in Tremorfa than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Tremorfa has 20% more higher and intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
Education
Education statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Tremorfa and are from the UKCensus of 2011. Tremorfa has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. Tremorfa also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification than the national average.
Schools
Tremorfa is served by several schools. The only high school is Willows High School which is situated on Willows avenue. The school was once described as "unsatisfactory" and in need of "significant improvement" by the education watchdog Estyn. The school has now substantially improved and is no longer requiring significant improvement. Willows High was featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Cardiff in 2015. One of the primary schools across the road from STAR HYB is Baden Powell Primary with Mrs Gibbon as the head teacher.
Government
In 2016 Tremorfa became one of four new communities in Cardiff, having previously been part of the Splott community. There is no community council for the area. The nearby area of Pengam Green, which is connected through Tremorfa Park, is classed as being part of the Tremorfa community.
Events
In December 2015, Christmas 'Pugfest' was held at Action Petz play centre in Tremorfa, with more than 1,500 visitors and around 400 pugs. It was one of the fun events for pugs set up nationally by Rob Clowes in memory of his dog, Poppy. In 2017 Prince Harry and his now wife Megan Markle visited the star hyb, across the road from Baden Powell Primary School. Around 2000 people turned up just to see them pull up in the Range Rover Sport with an escort of Motorbikes and Police cars and secret service vehicles.
