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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
115
Population
329
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
Wales❚CF47 9JB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
329
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
114
Married
91
Separated
7
Divorced
25
Widowed
23

Health

Population
329
Very good
151
Good
72
Fair
50
Bad
40
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
Wales❚CF47 9JB❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
27
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
122

Ethnicity

Population
329
White British
318
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
329
England
17
Scotland
2
Wales
298
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
4
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
329
Christian
196
Other
2
No religion
113
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
7
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
241
Wales❚CF47 9JB❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
12
Unemployed
18
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
38
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - council
34
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
8
Detached
3
Semi detached
102
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
25
Two people
24
Three people
29
Four people
27
Five people
5
Six people
2
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

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