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Administrative Areas

Ward
Merthyr Vale
Local Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
142
Population
340
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
Wales❚CF48 4PQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
48

Age Groups

Population
340
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
95
Married
139
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
18
Widowed
19

Health

Population
340
Very good
139
Good
96
Fair
63
Bad
32
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
Wales❚CF48 4PQ❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
115

Ethnicity

Population
340
White British
337
Mixed Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
340
England
28
Scotland
1
Wales
310

Religion

Population
340
Christian
169
Buddhist
1
Other
4
No religion
137
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
132
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
5
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
261
Wales❚CF48 4PQ❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
18
Unemployed
24
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
34
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
14

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
18
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
157
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
15
Detached
18
Semi detached
10
Terraced
127
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
43
Two people
42
Three people
29
Four people
19
Five people
5
Six people
3
Seven people
1

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