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Administrative Areas

Ward
Machynlleth
Local Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire
Country
Wales

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
National Park
Wales (non-National Park)
Households
130
Population
296
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 1909 = least deprived in Wales)
1909

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
Wales❚SY20 8AT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
296
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
48%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
25%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
75
Married
97
Separated
3
Divorced
24
Widowed
44

Health

Population
296
Very good
122
Good
83
Fair
66
Bad
21
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
Wales❚SY20 8AT❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
296
White British
284
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
296
England
88
Scotland
1
Wales
195
Ireland
2
Romania
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
3
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
296
Christian
167
Other
3
No religion
103
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
112
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
7
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
8
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
168
Wales❚SY20 8AT❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
34
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
20
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
7

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
10
Detached
27
Semi detached
19
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
8

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
63
Two people
37
Three people
7
Four people
14
Five people
6
Six people
2
Eight or over
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