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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
109
Population
274
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
Wales❚CF48 2SU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
214
Single
85
Married
80
Separated
5
Divorced
20
Widowed
24

Health

Population
274
Very good
118
Good
76
Fair
50
Bad
19
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
214
Wales❚CF48 2SU❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
22
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
102

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
266
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
10
Wales
257
Poland
2
Hong Kong
3
India
2

Religion

Population
274
Christian
132
Sikh
5
No religion
124
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
93
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
193
Wales❚CF48 2SU❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
9
Unemployed
14
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
30
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
9
Detached
5
Semi detached
20
Terraced
91
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
24
Two people
37
Three people
25
Four people
15
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 2TN CF48 2DP CF48 2DN CF48 2DW

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