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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
278
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
Wales❚CF48 3LH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
84
Married
95
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
23
Widowed
23

Health

Population
278
Very good
112
Good
82
Fair
35
Bad
41
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
Wales❚CF48 3LH❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
102

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
252
White Irish
1
White Other
18
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
11
Wales
245
Ireland
1
Portugal
2
Poland
13
Turkey
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
164
Muslim
3
Other
2
No religion
81
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
28
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
216
Wales❚CF48 3LH❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
6
Unemployed
10
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
28
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
6
Detached
10
Semi detached
38
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
36
Two people
38
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 3TE CF48 3TF CF48 3TD CF48 3BT CF48 3BU CF48 3BW CF48 3BP CF48 3BG CF48 3BE CF48 3BN CF48 3DB CF48 3AE CF48 3DP CF48 3DL CF48 3BH CF48 3AW CF48 3SR CF48 3EH CF48 3DS CF48 3DY CF48 3LT CF48 3EE CF48 3LD CF48 3LU CF48 3LR

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