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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
119
Population
276
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
Wales❚CF48 4RD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
276
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
88
Married
113
Separated
4
Divorced
21
Widowed
15

Health

Population
276
Very good
105
Good
97
Fair
49
Bad
20
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
Wales❚CF48 4RD❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
276
White British
265
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Black African
6

Country of Birth

Population
276
England
25
Wales
241
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
5
South Africa
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
276
Christian
144
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
109
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
8
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
212
Wales❚CF48 4RD❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
14
Unemployed
9
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
16
Detached
4
Semi detached
21
Terraced
103
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
35
Two people
39
Three people
25
Four people
13
Five people
6
Six 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