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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
135
Population
298
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
Wales❚CF48 4RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
67

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
231
Single
88
Married
82
Separated
9
Divorced
38
Widowed
14

Health

Population
298
Very good
103
Good
84
Fair
68
Bad
32
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
231
Wales❚CF48 4RJ❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
15
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
129

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
297
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
19
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
273
Germany
2
Poland
1
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
298
Christian
133
Buddhist
1
No religion
140
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
79
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
217
Wales❚CF48 4RJ❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
7
Unemployed
21
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
57
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
26
Rented - other social
36
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
14
Detached
6
Semi detached
24
Terraced
90
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
52
Two people
36
Three people
26
Four people
14
Five people
3
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 4SU CF48 4ST CF48 4SS CF48 4RX CF48 4RS CF48 4RT CF48 4RP CF48 4RR CF48 4SR

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