Logo of PostcodeInfo website

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
129
Population
309
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
Wales❚CF48 3RR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
54

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
105
Married
72
Civil partnership
1
Separated
8
Divorced
29
Widowed
19

Health

Population
309
Very good
129
Good
97
Fair
52
Bad
22
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
Wales❚CF48 3RR❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
25
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
260
White Irish
3
White Other
31
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
15
Wales
248
Ireland
3
Portugal
11
Poland
20
Philippines
4
South America
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
309
Christian
162
Muslim
4
Other
3
No religion
115
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
121
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
4
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
207
Wales❚CF48 3RR❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
6
Unemployed
21
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
35
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
16
Detached
8
Semi detached
14
Terraced
116
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
33
Two people
49
Three people
24
Four people
16
Five people
3
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 3BS CF48 3AP CF48 3BA CF48 3AS CF48 3BB CF48 3SA CF48 3SB CF48 3AH CF48 3AL CF48 3AR CF48 3AD CF48 3RL CF48 3AF CF48 3AY CF48 3RY CF48 3RP CF48 3SQ CF48 3RU CF48 3AT CF48 3RN CF48 3RS CF48 3SD CF48 3SF CF48 3SE CF48 3SG CF48 3SW CF48 3SP CF48 3LW CF48 3LG CF48 3AG CF48 3LP CF48 3LJ CF48 3LL CF48 3NF CF48 3NG CF48 3NL CF48 3NJ CF48 3NH CF48 3NW CF48 3NN CF48 3ND CF48 3NU CF48 3NP CF48 3NE CF48 3NQ CF48 3NR CF48 3NS CF48 3NT

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