Vehicle barriers in Cwmbrân

Cwmbrân is the Census 2021 built-up area W45000502 in Wales. ONS counted 47,090 usual residents and a median age of 41.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 16.3%, then Human health and social work activities at 15.2%, then Manufacturing at 11.6%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 43.9%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 23.3%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 19.6%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 13.2%. Tenure: Owned: owns outright at 33.1%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 30.7%, then Rented: social rented at 25.2%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 11.1%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 15% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 54.5% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in Wales include Ebbw Vale, Flint, Gorseinon.