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NP12 postcode district

NP12 holds 904 live postcodes around Blackwood, in Caerphilly.

Towns and villages with their centre in NP12

#PlaceCounty / councilPopulation
1BlackwoodCaerphilly County Borough15,476
NP12 (centre of its postcodes) in the UK

Wards

NameShare of postcodes
Blackwood24%
Pontllanfraith24%
Cefn Fforest and Pengam20%
Penmaen16%
Argoed11%
Ynysddu1%
Maesycwmmer1%
St Cattwg1%
Newbridge0%
Aberbargoed and Bargoed0%

And 3 more.

Westminster constituencies

NameShare of postcodes
Newport West and Islwyn59%
Caerphilly40%
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney1%

Deprivation

The middle postcode here sits in decile 6 of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, Wales's own separate index, where decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods and 10 the least. 26% of this district's postcodes sit in the most deprived three deciles, 23% in the least deprived three.

Deprivation deciles describe the LSOA neighbourhood each postcode sits in, weighted by postcodes rather than by people, because the postcode file carries no population. A district where the deprived neighbourhoods are densely populated will read better here than it would per resident.

Neighbouring districts in the NP area

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Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode data is the ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026 edition; counts are live postcodes with a usable location. Northern Ireland postcodes carry a separate licence and are not included; Scotland joins when the site's Scottish coverage does.