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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 2BD❚
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 2BD❚
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 2BD❚
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

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