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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
112
Population
261
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
Wales❚CF48 4QP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
261
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
208
Single
78
Married
85
Separated
9
Divorced
15
Widowed
21

Health

Population
261
Very good
99
Good
74
Fair
54
Bad
23
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
208
Wales❚CF48 4QP❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
261
White British
256
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
261
England
31
Wales
228
Ireland
1
China
1

Religion

Population
261
Christian
138
No religion
97
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
97
Manufacturing
12
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
3
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
179
Wales❚CF48 4QP❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
12
Unemployed
9
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
26
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
21
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
5
Detached
10
Semi detached
33
Terraced
74

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
36
Two people
31
Three people
21
Four people
20
Five people
4

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