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Administrative Areas

Ward
Dowlais
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
131
Population
338
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
Wales❚CF48 2AS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
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
338
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
289
Single
116
Married
136
Separated
9
Divorced
13
Widowed
15

Health

Population
338
Very good
126
Good
112
Fair
58
Bad
35
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
289
Wales❚CF48 2AS❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
126

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
333
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
9
Scotland
2
Wales
318
Portugal
1
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
2

Religion

Population
338
Christian
183
No religion
142
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
144
Mining
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
9
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
270
Wales❚CF48 2AS❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
6
Unemployed
13
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
29
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
31
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
8
Detached
29
Semi detached
74
Terraced
36

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
23
Two people
49
Three people
32
Four people
15
Five people
11
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 2DS CF48 2DU CF48 2DT CF48 2DY CF48 2DL CF48 2DF CF48 2DG CF48 2AD CF48 2AF CF48 2DH CF48 2BS CF48 2DA CF48 2AG CF48 2BY CF48 2AP CF48 2AA CF48 2EB CF48 2AB CF48 2ED CF48 2AE CF48 2AH CF48 2BU CF48 2BT CF48 2BJ CF48 2BN CF48 2BH CF48 2BF CF48 2BB CF48 2BD CF48 2AU CF48 2AT

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