Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0More terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 59% of households
Against a figure of 24% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Bargod comes in at 6.7%. This Gwent town had 8,034 residents and 3,589 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 41.4 (younger than 73% of UK towns). Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 39% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Bargod’s people
More with no religion than most
59% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 33% Christian, against 47% and 43% across Wales’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Bargod at 8,300 in 2011 and 8,100 in 2024, down 2%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 91% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
−2% since 2011: slower than 91% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bargod’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 8,300 people in 2011; 8,100 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+11%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (−16%).
Bargod is younger than 73% of UK towns: a median age of 41.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
At 21%, residents aged 65 and over sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Bargod.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bargod, 41.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
In Bargod, 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 92% 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%.
The figure for full-time students is 5.5% in Bargod and 8% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Wales’s towns is 9.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bargod households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 68% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in three fifths of UK towns. A third of households are one person living alone. The figure for households with dependent children is 28% in Bargod and 27% across Wales’s towns.
27% of households have no car or van, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households in flats (8.3%), Bargod is below 65% of UK towns. Households without a car or van make up 21% across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns, at 2.8%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 7.4%. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 82% of UK towns. Since 2017: 15% of those born abroad, against 23% across Wales’s towns.
9.9% of residents speak Welsh in Bargod
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 765 residents aged 3 and over, 9.9%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: fewer than in 71% of Welsh towns. Top of Gwent: Abertridwr and Senghenydd, at 14%.
59% of residents said they have no religion, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Bargod · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, a third of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The share of residents with no religion across Wales’s towns is 47%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.3%).
More adults who have never married than 91% of UK towns: 40%
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
Compared with 10% across Wales’s towns, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care here. On average, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. For 340 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
28% of Bargod’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 21% have one at degree level (31%).
96th youngest of 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Bargod in age: Newtown (41.4), Abersychan (41.4), Royston (41.5) and West End and Chobham (41.5).
Bargod is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bargod | 8,034 | — | 41.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Aberbargoed | 4,412 | 0.7 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant | 1,411 | 1.4 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 32% |
| Pen-pedair-heol | 3,787 | 1.4 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Fleur-de-lis and Pengam | 3,102 | 1.6 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Markham | 1,443 | 1.7 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 35% |
| Blackwood | 12,621 | 1.8 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Gelligaer | 1,436 | 1.9 mi | 36.5 | 16% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Bargod’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Bargod’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,034 people in 2021, against 8,034 in the built-up area.
- 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 Bargod’s residents
What is the population of Bargod?
The 2021 Census counted 8,034 people in Bargod’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,100 people in mid-2024, 2% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bargod?
The median age was 41.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 73% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bargod?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bargod?
59% said they had no religion and 33% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bargod good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Bargod’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Bargod?
765 residents aged 3 and over, 9.9%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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