Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 41 min4:54 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 48 min8:16 am – 4:04 pm
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People9,520 residentsin the Oakdale & Pen-twyn census areaMedian age 42.13,932 households74% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright14% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.5% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 4,410 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 17%, health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 14%Getting to work: 21% work from home, 71% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle55% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,440 mm of rain a year, 51 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December47 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksMynydd Pen-y-fanmountain · 2.1 miCwm Pen-Maenvalley · under a mileCwm Gellivalley · under a mileMynydd Llwydmountain · 4.3 miCoed y Gelliwoodland · under a mileTwyn y Bleiddiaidhill · 2.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesPen-y-fan Pond Country Parkpark · 1.2 mi · 28 haParc Coetir Bargodpark · 1.6 mi · 96 haOakdale Miners' Welfare Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 4 haCaetwmpyn Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 2 haLlwynon Allotmentsallotments · under a mileGlan-yr-Afon Park Rugby Football Groundplaying field · 1.1 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes100 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197018 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 17 Feb 201829 mi away, Cwmllynfell, NptMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202648 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 7.0 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 8.6 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband89% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,237 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation240 m787 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 146 to 273 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCounty Hospital6.6 miGP surgerySunnybank Health Centre5 surgeries within 2 miles1.5 miPharmacyKnights Oakdale Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi15 schools12 primary, 2 secondary, 1 independentPrimaryYsgol Gynradd Gymraeg Cwm Derwen165 pupilsright hereSecondaryIslwyn High School1,047 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRhiw syr Dafydd Primary School602 pupilsunder a mileSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL21 miRailway stationNewbridge1.9 miBus stationBlackwood Bus Station Stand 11.3 miFerryNewport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal12 miBus stops47 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NP2 postcode district.
