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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000287

Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare

Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,293 residents in Merthyr Tydfil. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Merthyr Tydfil
8,293

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,653

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

952.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.8%

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.

Ystrad Mynach & Nelson, Caerphilly9,958 residents · 73.9% owned · 16.0% no carCrosskeys North & Abercarn, Caerphilly7,111 residents · 70.1% owned · 16.1% no carLlansamlet, Swansea6,997 residents · 67.7% owned · 14.5% no carEastham, Wirral8,129 residents · 73.7% owned · 18.8% no carWindle & Denton's Green, St. Helens9,077 residents · 71.8% owned · 19.3% no carPontarddulais, Swansea6,514 residents · 68.5% owned · 16.0% no car

Most similar within Merthyr Tydfil

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cefncoedycymer, Heolgerrig & Park, Merthyr Tydfil8,331 residents · 76.9% owned · 15.9% no carTreharris & Trelewis, Merthyr Tydfil8,681 residents · 72.9% owned · 17.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare

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

Tenure

Owned72.7%
2,657 households
Private rented16.2%
593 households
Social rented10.7%
392 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced50.2%
1,834 households
Semi-detached25.6%
937 households
Detached18.3%
669 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5%
183 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,580 households
2 cars or vans in household27.1%
988 households
No cars or vans in household19.2%
702 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.5%
382 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58%
2,119 households
2 bedrooms20.3%
743 households
4 or more bedrooms15.8%
579 households
1 bedroom5.8%
212 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.9%
2,334 households
One-person household32.4%
1,182 households
Other household types3.7%
136 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.6%
1,192 households
1 person in household32.4%
1,182 households
3 people in household16.9%
619 households
4 people in household13.1%
478 households
5 people in household4.1%
149 households
6 people in household0.6%
23 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,431 residents
15–2917.1%
1,418 residents
30–4419.5%
1,616 residents
45–6427.1%
2,246 residents
65 and over19.1%
1,582 residents
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
8,080 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
112 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
53 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
40 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
10 residents
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.8%
1,881 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.9%
1,548 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,194 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
964 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
608 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
407 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.5%
4,027 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.4%
2,602 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
1,356 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16%
1,086 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.6%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.3%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.3%
496 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
386 residents aged 16 and over
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50%
4,143 residents
Good health28.9%
2,400 residents
Fair health14%
1,163 residents
Bad health5.2%
435 residents
Very bad health1.8%
151 residents
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.8%
6,615 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.2%
1,677 residents
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.4%
1,695 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,170 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.1%
623 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
161 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare · 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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