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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
129
Population
361
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
Wales❚CF47 9TX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
112
Married
129
Civil partnership
1
Separated
8
Divorced
20
Widowed
13

Health

Population
361
Very good
135
Good
102
Fair
75
Bad
31
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
Wales❚CF47 9TX❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
120

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
335
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
14
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
325
Portugal
5
Poland
9
India
1
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
361
Christian
219
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Other
1
No religion
113
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
124
Mining
2
Manufacturing
11
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
11
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
263
Wales❚CF47 9TX❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
12
Unemployed
17
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
25
Student
30
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
40
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
7
Detached
12
Semi detached
72
Terraced
50
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
20
Two people
40
Three people
35
Four people
20
Five people
9
Six people
4
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