Editing Risca (section)

===Twentieth century===
The dominance of coal in the local economy meant that mine closures in the 1930s and 1940s caused severe unemployment in Risca.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boucher|first1=Dan|title=The Big Society in a small country - Wales, social capital, mutualism and self-help|date=24 June 2013|publisher=Institute of Welsh Affairs|isbn=978-1-904773-66-5|pages=13–14|url=http://www.iwa.wales/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bigsocietyinasmallcountry-10-copy.pdf}}</ref> Some charitable relief was sent by the Mayor of Oxford's Mining Distress Committee. In 1931, this included - with the help of a grant from the Educational Settlements Association - the founding of the Educational Settlement at Oxford House, Risca. The first wardens of the settlement were a couple, Mr and Mrs Wills. David Wills was a UK pioneer of [[psychiatric social work]], a holder of a William Straight Fellowship at the [[Columbia University School of Social Work|New York School of Social Work]] at [[Columbia University]]. Oxford House, Risca was founded at Hillside, moving in 1937 to The Grove.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb218-d2357|title=Oxford House Educational Settlement, Risca, Records - Archives Hub|website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> Oxford House is now an adult education centre operated by Caerphilly Borough Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Services/Schools-and-learning/Adult-learning/Courses|title=Caerphilly - Adult education courses|website=www.caerphilly.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>

By the end of the 1970s, most of the local coalmines had closed and the majority of the population were working in other industries.

The town is now part of the Cardiff Capital Region which has a combined population of 1,543,293.