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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

Nearby postcodes

CF48 2DS CF48 2DT CF48 2DY CF48 2DL CF48 2DF CF48 2AD CF48 2AF 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 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