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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000230

Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr

Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,678 residents in Bridgend. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bridgend
5,678

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,345

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

207.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Llanmorlais & Three Crosses, Swansea5,028 residents · 81.7% owned · 11.1% no carNew Longton & Hutton, South Ribble6,116 residents · 87.0% owned · 7.5% no carRowley & Derrington, Stafford8,321 residents · 80.7% owned · 9.4% no carCadoxton & Bryn-coch, Neath Port Talbot6,602 residents · 82.3% owned · 12.2% no carGilwern & Llanfoist, Monmouthshire8,520 residents · 77.3% owned · 10.7% no carUpper Stannington & Loxley, Sheffield7,618 residents · 82.5% owned · 15.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned86.7%
2,033 households
Private rented10.4%
243 households
Social rented2.7%
63 households
Shared ownership0.3%
6 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached47.5%
1,114 households
Semi-detached43.9%
1,029 households
Terraced5.9%
138 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.4%
32 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.1%
916 households
2 cars or vans in household38.8%
911 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.1%
330 households
No cars or vans in household8%
188 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.4%
1,183 households
4 or more bedrooms35.3%
827 households
2 bedrooms12.6%
296 households
1 bedroom1.7%
40 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.2%
1,717 households
One-person household23.6%
553 households
Other household types3.3%
77 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%
965 households
1 person in household23.6%
553 households
3 people in household17.4%
408 households
4 people in household12.4%
291 households
5 people in household4.1%
96 households
6 people in household1.1%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.7%
837 residents
15–2913.9%
791 residents
30–4417.3%
981 residents
45–6428.5%
1,619 residents
65 and over25.5%
1,450 residents
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
5,473 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%
111 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
70 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
18 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
3 residents
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.7%
2,043 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.4%
785 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.8%
662 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.6%
603 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%
317 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.5%
2,609 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.1%
2,110 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
71 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.8%
1,330 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.5%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.5%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
359 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
281 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51%
2,898 residents
Good health31.5%
1,788 residents
Fair health11.3%
641 residents
Bad health4.4%
248 residents
Very bad health1.8%
103 residents
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
4,571 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
1,107 residents
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.9%
1,312 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.5%
762 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
237 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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