Housing in NP23 7SU
What the homes in NP23 7SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Ebbw Vale South & Cwm
- Council
- Blaenau Gwent
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,336 (2024)
NP23 7SUEbbw Vale
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (83.4%). Flats make up 8.1%, well below the 12.5% across Wales.
Owning vs renting
59% of households in the NP23 7SU area own their home, broadly in line with the Wales average of 66.1%. Private renting makes up 29.4% of households, well above the Wales figure of 17%. 40.2% own outright and 18.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned59%66.1%
- Shared ownership0.2%0.3%
- Private rented29.4%17%
- Social rented11.4%16.5%
- Lives rent free0%0.2%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 40.5% of households are one person living alone, against 31.9% across Wales.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (23.7%). 23.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Blaenau Gwent
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Blaenau Gwent (August 2026, +6.8% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NP23 7SU (Ebbw Vale South & Cwm) (about 1,336 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.