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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
127
Population
321
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
Wales❚CF48 2AT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
77
Married
146
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
14
Widowed
21

Health

Population
321
Very good
135
Good
84
Fair
68
Bad
26
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
Wales❚CF48 2AT❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
106

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
304
White Other
11
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
24
Wales
280
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Poland
6
Romania
5
Sri Lanka
2

Religion

Population
321
Christian
204
Buddhist
3
Hindu
2
Muslim
1
No religion
94
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
137
Mining
2
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
241
Wales❚CF48 2AT❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
10
Unemployed
11
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
11

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
9
Detached
7
Semi detached
5
Terraced
124

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
25
Two people
50
Three people
21
Four people
24
Five people
6
Seven 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 2AS CF48 2BU CF48 2BT CF48 2BJ CF48 2BN CF48 2BH CF48 2BF CF48 2AW CF48 2BB CF48 2AY

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