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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
149
Population
416
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
135
Wales❚CF48 3HF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
416
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
325
Single
113
Married
160
Separated
8
Divorced
30
Widowed
14

Health

Population
416
Very good
248
Good
108
Fair
42
Bad
11
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
325
Wales❚CF48 3HF❚
Degree or above
54
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
416
White British
393
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
416
England
30
Scotland
1
Wales
365
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
16

Religion

Population
416
Christian
262
Hindu
1
Other
5
No religion
133
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
236
Mining
1
Manufacturing
37
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
32
Education
22
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
317
Wales❚CF48 3HF❚
Full-Time employee
166
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
22
Unemployed
15
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
149
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
81
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
174
Occupied
149
Unoccupied
25
Detached
102
Semi detached
14
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
149
One person
28
Two people
47
Three people
20
Four people
39
Five people
13
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 3TB CF48 3HW CF48 3AA

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