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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
126
Population
332
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
Wales❚CF47 9YG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
281
Single
93
Married
155
Separated
3
Divorced
13
Widowed
17

Health

Population
332
Very good
136
Good
111
Fair
52
Bad
25
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
281
Wales❚CF47 9YG❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
325
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
16
Scotland
3
Wales
302
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Poland
3
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
332
Christian
233
Muslim
1
No religion
79
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
154
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
20
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
252
Wales❚CF47 9YG❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
15
Unemployed
11
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
3
Detached
5
Semi detached
4
Terraced
119
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
22
Two people
45
Three people
25
Four people
26
Five people
7
Six 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