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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
128
Population
315
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
Wales❚CF47 9YN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
315
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
99
Married
106
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
18

Health

Population
315
Very good
143
Good
83
Fair
46
Bad
33
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
Wales❚CF47 9YN❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
315
White British
281
White Irish
5
White Other
25
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
315
England
10
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
277
Poland
25
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
315
Christian
184
No religion
107
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
124
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
7
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
213
Wales❚CF47 9YN❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
10
Unemployed
21
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
8
Detached
7
Semi detached
5
Terraced
123
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
32
Two people
45
Three people
23
Four people
18
Five people
8
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