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Administrative Areas

Ward
Penydarren
Local Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
131
Population
268
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
Wales❚CF47 9HE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
268
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
95
Married
75
Separated
8
Divorced
34
Widowed
11

Health

Population
268
Very good
136
Good
63
Fair
41
Bad
21
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
Wales❚CF47 9HE❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
268
White British
251
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
268
England
11
Scotland
1
Wales
241
France
2
Poland
8
Middle East
1
Philippines
4

Religion

Population
268
Christian
165
No religion
84
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
136
Mining
1
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
8
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
204
Wales❚CF47 9HE❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
9
Unemployed
12
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
26
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
12
Detached
2
Semi detached
10
Terraced
114
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
54
Two people
35
Three people
27
Four people
12
Five people
3

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019