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Administrative Areas

Ward
Bala
Local Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
National Park
Snowdonia National Park
Households
135
Population
292
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
Wales❚LL23 7AS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
292
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
103
Married
77
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
28

Health

Population
292
Very good
148
Good
94
Fair
40
Bad
7
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
Wales❚LL23 7AS❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
70

Ethnicity

Population
292
White British
285
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
292
England
64
Scotland
4
Wales
220
Germany
1
Zimbabwe
3

Religion

Population
292
Christian
171
Buddhist
1
No religion
89
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
148
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Mining
2
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
17
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
207
Wales❚LL23 7AS❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
14
Unemployed
9
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
20
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
5
Detached
14
Semi detached
35
Terraced
90
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
55
Two people
33
Three people
24
Four people
16
Five people
7

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