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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
115
Population
282
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
Wales❚CF48 2DW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
282
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
86
Married
99
Separated
8
Divorced
16
Widowed
19

Health

Population
282
Very good
105
Good
80
Fair
49
Bad
34
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
Wales❚CF48 2DW❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
113

Ethnicity

Population
282
White British
274
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
282
England
11
Wales
265
Portugal
1
Poland
5

Religion

Population
282
Christian
152
No religion
112
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
98
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
213
Wales❚CF48 2DW❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
8
Unemployed
14
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
30
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
23
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
119
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
4
Detached
7
Semi detached
56
Terraced
56

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
32
Two people
33
Three people
22
Four people
23
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 2TN CF48 2SS CF48 2SR CF48 2TD CF48 2DR

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