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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
143
Population
330
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
113
Wales❚CF48 3TA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
72

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
128
Married
90
Civil partnership
1
Separated
7
Divorced
27
Widowed
16

Health

Population
330
Very good
123
Good
106
Fair
63
Bad
32
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
Wales❚CF48 3TA❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
105

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
298
White Irish
2
White Other
27
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
11
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
282
Germany
1
Portugal
4
Spain
1
Poland
20
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
3

Religion

Population
330
Christian
157
Other
2
No religion
138
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
140
Mining
1
Manufacturing
36
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
246
Wales❚CF48 3TA❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
13
Unemployed
29
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
25
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
16

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
14
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
31
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
11
Detached
10
Semi detached
21
Terraced
116
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
35
Two people
57
Three people
32
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
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 3AU CF48 3RR CF48 3RS CF48 3RW CF48 3SD 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 3NL CF48 3NJ CF48 3NH CF48 3NW CF48 3NN 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