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Administrative Areas

Ward
Porthmadog West
Local Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
147
Population
316
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
Wales❚LL49 9NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
316
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
21%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
288
Single
92
Married
114
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
49

Health

Population
316
Very good
143
Good
76
Fair
64
Bad
31
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
288
Wales❚LL49 9NZ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
95
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
316
White British
296
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
5
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
316
England
99
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
197
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
2
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
316
Christian
221
Buddhist
7
Other
1
No religion
62
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
17
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
17
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
221
Wales❚LL49 9NZ❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
28
Unemployed
6
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
147
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
184
Occupied
147
Unoccupied
37
Detached
23
Semi detached
30
Terraced
89
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
19
Flat - in commerical building
9

Household Size

All categoies
147
One person
68
Two people
48
Three people
19
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six people
2

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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