Editing Port Talbot (section)

== Social deprivation ==
In 2010, 26.2 percent of children and young persons (under the age of 20) in [[Neath Port Talbot]] county borough were living in [[relative poverty]], higher than the 22.2 percent Welsh average.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www2.nphs.wales.nhs.uk:8080/pubhobservatoryprojdocs.nsf/61c1e930f9121fd080256f2a004937ed/7b6c4b38fb85ff1880257c2700585ca6/$FILE/Children%20and%20YP%20Profile%20Wales%20Socioeconomic%20and%20Environmental%20(Eng).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429173038/http://www2.nphs.wales.nhs.uk:8080/pubhobservatoryprojdocs.nsf/61c1e930f9121fd080256f2a004937ed/7b6c4b38fb85ff1880257c2700585ca6/$FILE/Children%20and%20YP%20Profile%20Wales%20Socioeconomic%20and%20Environmental%20(Eng).pdf |archive-date=29 April 2021 |title=Socio-economic and environmental conditions |publisher=Public Health Wales Observatory |access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

According to the [[Office for National Statistics]], between April 2012 to March 2013 25,400 residents, that is 7.8 percent, between the ages of 16 and 64 were economically inactive. 60,100 residents, that is 70.3 percent, between the ages of 16 and 64 were economically active.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.npt.gov.uk/default.aspx/ |title=Neath Port Talbot |access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref>