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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
120
Population
305
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
Wales❚CF47 9JT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
99
Married
97
Separated
6
Divorced
23
Widowed
18

Health

Population
305
Very good
130
Good
80
Fair
54
Bad
34
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
Wales❚CF47 9JT❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
103

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
280
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
15
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
13
Scotland
2
Wales
272
Ireland
2
Portugal
5
Poland
6
Hong Kong
1
India
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
183
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
97
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
116
Mining
1
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
226
Wales❚CF47 9JT❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
13
Unemployed
14
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
24
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
18
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
8
Detached
9
Semi detached
34
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
33
Two people
35
Three people
18
Four people
25
Five people
8
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