Photo: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.060% said they have no religion, more than in 99% of UK towns
16% of residents are 65 or over (Wales’s towns: 21%). In 2021, the Census found 473 residents in Argoed, living in 185 households. The census found that 23% of households are one person living alone here. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 33% here, more than in 88% of UK towns.
Argoed is younger than 77% of UK towns: a median age of 40.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: 8.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Here, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
In Argoed, 4.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 66% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Argoed, 28% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%. 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Argoed households average 2.5 people, larger than in 92% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
4.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns.
Argoed ranks below 75% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 19%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses across Wales’s towns is 24%. 25% of households live in a terraced house. Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 14% of households have no car or van here.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 1.9%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 10%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in Africa (0.4%). The wider picture: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 84% of UK towns: 99%.
A Welsh-speaking share of 14% in Argoed
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 65 residents aged 3 and over, 14%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 63% of Welsh towns. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
Argoed sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 97% of Argoed · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
In Argoed, 33% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 43% across Wales’s towns. On average, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
35% of adults have never married, more than in 68% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers: 9.9%, near enough the figure across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Locally, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Argoed counts 26% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 25% have no qualification (20%).
Older than Argoed: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argoed | 473 | — | 40.7 | 16% | 33% |
| Markham | 1,443 | 0.7 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 35% |
| Aberbargoed | 4,412 | 1.2 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Oakdale | 6,126 | 1.6 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 33% |
| Bargod | 8,034 | 1.8 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Trinant | 1,504 | 2 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 31% |
| Blackwood | 12,621 | 2 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Fleur-de-lis and Pengam | 3,102 | 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Gwent’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gwent (or Wales), summed the same way as Argoed’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Argoed’s residents
What is the population of Argoed?
The 2021 Census counted 473 people in Argoed’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Argoed?
The median age was 40.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Argoed?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 1.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Argoed?
60% said they had no religion and 33% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Argoed good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Argoed’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Argoed?
65 residents aged 3 and over, 14%, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067, TS032). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.