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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
122
Population
311
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
Wales❚CF48 3SD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
311
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
98
Married
114
Separated
5
Divorced
19
Widowed
9

Health

Population
311
Very good
147
Good
95
Fair
37
Bad
26
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
Wales❚CF48 3SD❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
311
White British
283
White Irish
2
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
311
England
9
Wales
281
Portugal
2
Poland
8
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Philippines
4
South America
1

Religion

Population
311
Christian
196
Muslim
4
No religion
95
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
148
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
10
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
7
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
229
Wales❚CF48 3SD❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
16
Unemployed
9
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
46
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
17
Detached
10
Semi detached
8
Terraced
120
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
27
Two people
44
Three people
20
Four people
22
Five people
7
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 3AP CF48 3BA CF48 3AS 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 3AU CF48 3RR CF48 3RS CF48 3RW CF48 3SF CF48 3SE CF48 3SG CF48 3RT CF48 3SH CF48 3SW CF48 3SN CF48 3SL 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