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Electoral wardW05001618Dowlais a Phant

Dowlais and Pant ward, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

Dowlais and Pant is one of 11 electoral wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,631 residents in 3,045 households — 613 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency.

Residents, 20216,631council ward average 5,349
Households3,0452.18 residents per household
Density613/ km²about 10.81 km² · Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 528
Aged 65+18.2%Merthyr Tydfil County Borough: 18.9% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 368
5–95.5% · 367
10–156.7% · 444
16–193.9% · 258
20–246.0% · 397
25–3413.7% · 910
35–4919.0% · 1,262
50–6421.3% · 1,414
65–7410.9% · 723
75–845.9% · 391
85+1.4% · 94

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.9% · 818
1 car or van43.1% · 1,313
2 cars or vans22.6% · 689
3 or more7.4% · 225
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.8% social rented, 15.4% private rented.

Owned outright31.8% · 968
With mortgage24.2% · 737
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented25.3% · 770
Private rented18.3% · 558
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house15.7% · 479
Semi-detached house20.2% · 615
Terraced house57.8% · 1,759
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 111
Converted house0.9% · 28
Other conversion1.2% · 38
Above shop / office0.5% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
W05001618
Nation
Wales
Welsh name
Dowlais a Phant
Density rank in council
7 of 11

Communities in the ward

DowlaisPant

Other wards in the same constituency

BBedlinog and Trelewis17.9% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned3,768CCyfarthfa18.4% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned7,271GGurnos13.9% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned5,342MMerthyr Vale17.0% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned3,773PPark21.3% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned4,162PPenydarren16.6% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned5,279PPlymouth22.5% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned5,048TTown18.9% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned7,897TTreharris20.7% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned6,272VVaynor24.1% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,396

All 11 wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.