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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
135
Population
311
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
Wales❚CF48 3PP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
56

Age Groups

Population
311
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
102
Married
122
Separated
3
Divorced
15
Widowed
17

Health

Population
311
Very good
138
Good
90
Fair
50
Bad
22
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
Wales❚CF48 3PP❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
109

Ethnicity

Population
311
White British
254
White Irish
1
White Other
51
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
311
England
16
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
243
Portugal
6
Poland
38
Turkey
1
China
2

Religion

Population
311
Christian
181
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
96
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
148
Manufacturing
43
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
8
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
238
Wales❚CF48 3PP❚
Full-Time employee
109
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
7
Unemployed
18
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
26
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
19
Detached
15
Semi detached
13
Terraced
123
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
41
Two people
40
Three people
34
Four people
14
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

CF48 3NA CF48 3RD CF48 3NB CF48 3PB CF48 3NY CF48 3HB CF48 3PD CF48 3PE CF48 3PH CF48 3PY CF48 3RA CF48 3PU CF48 3PT CF48 2YF

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