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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
130
Population
340
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
Wales❚CF48 2BF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
340
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
287
Single
81
Married
169
Divorced
18
Widowed
19

Health

Population
340
Very good
172
Good
84
Fair
52
Bad
25
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
287
Wales❚CF48 2BF❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
340
White British
338
White Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
340
England
18
Wales
321
Poland
1

Religion

Population
340
Christian
223
No religion
83
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
168
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
18
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
270
Wales❚CF48 2BF❚
Full-Time employee
109
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
18
Unemployed
5
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
3
Detached
62
Semi detached
17
Terraced
54

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
20
Two people
51
Three people
30
Four people
18
Five people
10
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 2AS CF48 2BU CF48 2BT CF48 2BJ CF48 2BH CF48 2AW CF48 2BD CF48 2AU CF48 2AT 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