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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
122
Population
312
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
Wales❚CF47 9JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
312
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
86
Married
85
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
31
Widowed
21

Health

Population
312
Very good
130
Good
77
Fair
47
Bad
37
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
Wales❚CF47 9JH❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
112

Ethnicity

Population
312
White British
308
White Gypsy
2
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
312
England
15
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
294
France
1
Poland
1

Religion

Population
312
Christian
185
Buddhist
2
Other
2
No religion
91
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
106
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
12
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
212
Wales❚CF47 9JH❚
Full-Time employee
54
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
6
Unemployed
24
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
37
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
15

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
40
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
8
Detached
10
Semi detached
87
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
27
Two people
39
Three people
25
Four people
25
Five people
4
Six people
2

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