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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
121
Population
322
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
Wales❚CF47 9RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
103
Married
115
Separated
7
Divorced
14
Widowed
17

Health

Population
322
Very good
167
Good
85
Fair
38
Bad
26
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
Wales❚CF47 9RJ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
24
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
301
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
17
Scotland
1
Wales
286
Germany
2
Portugal
3
Poland
13

Religion

Population
322
Christian
190
No religion
111
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
168
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
33
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
13
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
234
Wales❚CF47 9RJ❚
Full-Time employee
116
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
14
Unemployed
12
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
11
Detached
6
Semi detached
4
Terraced
122

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
30
Two people
30
Three people
27
Four people
22
Five people
10
Six people
1
Seven people
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