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Administrative Areas

Ward
Porthmadog West
Local Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village in a sparse setting
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
121
Population
233
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
63
Wales❚LL49 9YE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
233
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
37%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
206
Single
43
Married
118
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
18
Widowed
22

Health

Population
233
Very good
94
Good
81
Fair
43
Bad
8
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
206
Wales❚LL49 9YE❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
233
White British
220
White Irish
3
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
233
England
96
Scotland
3
Wales
120
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
Romania
4

Religion

Population
233
Christian
168
Buddhist
1
No religion
52
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
102
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
3
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
167
Wales❚LL49 9YE❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
21
Unemployed
2
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
78
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
58
Detached
139
Semi detached
15
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
11

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
53
Two people
43
Three people
13
Four people
7
Five people
4
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