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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
127
Population
322
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
Wales❚CF48 4TF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
87
Married
135
Separated
4
Divorced
20
Widowed
22

Health

Population
322
Very good
131
Good
100
Fair
57
Bad
27
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
Wales❚CF48 4TF❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
320
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
13
Wales
308
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
322
Christian
172
No religion
125
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
139
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
240
Wales❚CF48 4TF❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
6
Detached
9
Semi detached
41
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
29
Two people
43
Three people
23
Four people
26
Five people
4
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CF48 4RL CF48 4QA CF48 4TJ CF48 4TN

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