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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
173
Population
393
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
Wales❚CF48 3BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
64

Age Groups

Population
393
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
323
Single
127
Married
88
Separated
14
Divorced
44
Widowed
50

Health

Population
393
Very good
145
Good
95
Fair
76
Bad
51
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
323
Wales❚CF48 3BY❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
156

Ethnicity

Population
393
White British
368
White Irish
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
393
England
20
Scotland
3
Wales
350
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
14
China
1
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
393
Christian
222
Other
1
No religion
133
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
120
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
263
Wales❚CF48 3BY❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
6
Unemployed
19
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
43
Student
28
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
117
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
10

Housing Types

All categoies
187
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
14
Detached
18
Semi detached
64
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
65
Two people
57
Three people
25
Four people
17
Five people
5
Six people
4

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