This neighbourhood
£37,297
£29,157 after tax
Blaenau Gwent
£38,499
£30,322 after tax
Wales
£43,617
£33,888 after tax
Total household income£37,297
After tax£29,157
After tax and housing costs, adjusted for household size£27,034Blaenau Gwent £27,129 · Wales £30,746
Source: ONS income estimates for small areas, April 2022 to March 2023. Modelled averages for the neighbourhood (Blaenau Gwent 006); local authority and national figures are the median neighbourhood. Equivalised income adjusts for household size.
This area is around the middle of neighbourhoods in Wales (ranked 945 of 1,917, where 1 is the most deprived).
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37% of Blaenau Gwent's neighbourhoods are in Wales's most deprived 20%.
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Decile 4 Access to ServicesDecile 5
Source: Welsh Government, Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. For the small area the home is in, ranked against the rest of Wales only: England, Wales and Scotland each measure deprivation differently, so deciles can't be compared across borders. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas, decile 10 the least deprived.
23% of working residents are managers, directors or professionals, compared with 20% in Blaenau Gwent and 29% across Wales. It's one of the clearest signs of how affluent an area is.
This neighbourhood Blaenau Gwent Wales
Managers, directors and senior officials9%Blaenau Gwent 8% · Wales 11%
Professional14%Blaenau Gwent 12% · Wales 18%
Associate professional and technical11%Blaenau Gwent 10% · Wales 12%
Administrative and secretarial9%Blaenau Gwent 8% · Wales 9%