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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
120
Population
243
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
73
Wales❚CF48 2YY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
243
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
209
Single
78
Married
59
Separated
13
Divorced
32
Widowed
27

Health

Population
243
Very good
106
Good
50
Fair
40
Bad
34
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
209
Wales❚CF48 2YY❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
91

Ethnicity

Population
243
White British
239
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
243
England
9
Wales
229
Ireland
1
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
243
Christian
130
Buddhist
1
Other
4
No religion
91
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
88
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
183
Wales❚CF48 2YY❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
6
Unemployed
12
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - council
36
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
9
Detached
9
Semi detached
13
Terraced
105
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
48
Two people
37
Three people
23
Four people
9
Five people
2
Six 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