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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
84
Population
180
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
58
Wales❚CF48 2BS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
180
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
151
Single
42
Married
71
Separated
6
Divorced
16
Widowed
16

Health

Population
180
Very good
58
Good
43
Fair
45
Bad
23
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
151
Wales❚CF48 2BS❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
Apprenticeship
13
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
180
White British
170
White Other
9
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
180
England
13
Wales
155
France
1
Germany
3
Poland
7

Religion

Population
180
Christian
98
Buddhist
2
Other
4
No religion
60
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
64
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
3
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
134
Wales❚CF48 2BS❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
4
Unemployed
5
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
84
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
20
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
92
Occupied
84
Unoccupied
8
Semi detached
51
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
84
One person
32
Two people
27
Three people
12
Four people
9
Five people
3
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