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People

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4,886
Resident population · 2024
-0.1%
Population change · 2022 to 2024
1.7 percentage points lower than Wales
Merthyr Tydfil 0.2%Wales 1.7%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Resident population
Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024Plymouth (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%)
Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2022-2024Plymouth (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£135,000
Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025
37% lower than Wales
Merthyr Tydfil £147,000Wales £215,000
10.7%
Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier
8.3 percentage points higher than Wales
Merthyr Tydfil 2.8%Wales 2.4%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Median sale price
Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025Plymouth (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
Change in median sale price over a year
Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024Plymouth (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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25%
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above · 2021
Merthyr Tydfil figure
6.5 percentage points lower than Wales
Wales 31.5%
26.9%
Adults with no qualifications · 2021
Merthyr Tydfil figure
7 percentage points higher than Wales
Wales 19.9%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Merthyr Tydfil (Council area)direct, high quality
Adults with no qualifications
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Merthyr Tydfil (Council area)direct, high quality
Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Economy

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212
Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026
43.4 per 1,000
Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026
21% lower than Wales
Merthyr Tydfil 33.1 per 1,000Wales 55.2 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices)
Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Plymouth (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents
Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Plymouth (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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88.4 per 1,000
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026
31% higher than Wales
Merthyr Tydfil 91.7 per 1,000Wales 67.6 per 1,000
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Charities registered here · Oct 2026
Fewer than Wales here 2.3 per 1,000
Merthyr Tydfil 1.8 per 1,000Wales 2.5 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents
police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk
Street-level crime (12 monthly files)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Year to Apr 2026Plymouth (Ward)estimated, medium quality
12 months to April 2026. 2.6% of South Wales Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area
Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Oct 2026Plymouth (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Merthyr Tydfil 1.8 per 1,000, Wales 2.5 per 1,000, here 2.3 per 1,000.
Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

The future

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How much of the work residents do generally available AI tools could speed up Merthyr Tydfil figure

  • A small part 62.7%
  • Some 16%
  • Much 20.1%
  • Not yet assessed 1.2%

CareerMash staging data (11 Oct 2026), approved by the owner for this preview, subject to change; not yet independently validated

What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from its surroundings, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

Homesmedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Change in the typical home sale price over a year

Change in the typical home sale price over a year is 10.7% in Plymouth (Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024), compared with 2.4% in Wales (8.3 percentage points higher).

10.7% here2.4% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))
Period
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024
Geography
Ward, compared with Wales
Method
Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.
Limitations
  • Covers the 12-month window Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024 only.
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Homesmedium confidence

Lower than Wales: Change in private rents over a year (Merthyr Tydfil figure)

Change in private rents over a year is -1.6% in Merthyr Tydfil council area (Aug 2026), compared with 4.3% in Wales (6.0 percentage points lower).

Merthyr Tydfil figure

-1.6% Merthyr Tydfil figure4.3% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
Aug 2026
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
Private rents (PIPR). The ONS Price Index of Private Rents measures the change in rents paid by private tenants, and publishes an average (mean) monthly rent per local authority from the same data. The figure is a mean, not a median, so a few very high rents pull it up, especially in London and where there are few lettings. It covers rents paid for homes let on the private market (not social rents) and reflects all tenancies in the stock, not only new lets, except in Scotland where the underlying data are mainly advertised new lets, which makes Scotland not directly comparable with England and Wales. Annual change is the change in the rental price index, not in the cash average. Rents are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation. Averages by number of bedrooms are held for the latest month only.
Limitations
  • Change in the rental price index.
  • This figure is for the Merthyr Tydfil council area, not for Plymouth itself.
See Living here
Economymedium confidence

Increase between 2022 and 2025: Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area (Merthyr Tydfil figure)

Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area in Merthyr Tydfil council area went from £540 (2022) to £685 (2025): up 27% (not adjusted for inflation), compared with up 19.0% in Wales.

Merthyr Tydfil figure

£685 Merthyr Tydfil figure£540 same place, 2022
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025
Geography
Council area, compared with same place, 2022
Method
Earnings from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. ASHE is a 1% sample of employee jobs from HMRC PAYE records, with a reference week in April. We hold the median gross pay of full-time employees, by place of residence (where the employee lives) and by place of work (where the job is), for the latest survey year and the years back to 2015. Median weekly pay is gross pay before tax for the pay period that includes the reference date; annual pay is gross annual pay for the year to April. Pay is in cash terms: it is not adjusted for inflation, so changes over time include price rises. Survey estimates have a margin of error that grows as areas get smaller; each value carries its coefficient of variation and values with a CV above 10% are marked low quality. Estimates ONS judges too unreliable (CV above about 40%) are not published and appear here as absent. Self-employed people are not covered. Residence-based figures describe people who live in the area wherever they work; workplace-based figures describe jobs located in the area wherever the employee lives. The two can differ a lot in commuter areas and city centres.
Limitations
  • Coefficient of variation 6.1%. Coefficient of variation 6.7%.
  • This figure is for the Merthyr Tydfil council area, not for Plymouth itself.
  • Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or for changes in the mix of homes sold.
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Educationmedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Pupils eligible for free school meals (Wales) (Merthyr Tydfil figure)

Pupils eligible for free school meals (Wales) is 24.0% in Merthyr Tydfil council area (2025/26), compared with 20.5% in Wales (3.5 percentage points higher; n = 7,334).

Merthyr Tydfil figure

24% Merthyr Tydfil figure20.5% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Welsh Government: Schools census: pupils in maintained schools aged 5 to 15 eligible for free school meals, by local authority (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025/26
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
School summaries for Wales and Scotland. Wales and Scotland do not publish the same measures as England, and none are comparable with England's Ofsted, Key Stage 2 or GCSE Attainment 8 figures. For Wales we hold the January pupil census: pupils aged 5 to 15 in maintained schools and the share eligible for free school meals (eligibility rules changed with universal primary meals and transitional protection, so compare years with care). For Scotland we hold school-leaver attainment (share of leavers with five or more awards at SCQF level 5 or level 6) and the share in a positive initial destination, by the council area of the school. These describe the pupils and leavers of schools in the area, not its residents. Percentages for small councils rest on small numbers of leavers.
Limitations
  • Excludes pupils who are only transitionally protected.
  • This figure is for the Merthyr Tydfil council area, not for Plymouth itself.
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The futurehigh confidence

Residents with a degree-level qualification or above

25% of residents aged 16+ in Merthyr Tydfil (the council area containing Plymouth) hold a Level 4 qualification or above, lower than the 33.8% for England and Wales (Census 2021). This describes the local qualifications profile, shown separately from other measures.

25% here33.8% England and Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Geography
Ward, compared with England and Wales
Method
Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.
Limitations
  • Highest qualification held, usual residents aged 16+, March 2021.
  • Not a judgement of residents or of skills.
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The futuremedium confidence

Occupations where AI tools could speed up a small part of the work

An occupation-adjusted estimate puts 62.7% of employed residents of Merthyr Tydfil (the council area containing Plymouth) in occupations where AI tools could already speed up a small part of the work, higher than the 50.8% estimated for England and Wales by the same method. Across all employed residents: 62.7% in occupations where AI tools could speed up a small part of the work, 16% some, 20.1% much, and 1.2% not yet assessed. Based on Census 2021 occupations and the national mix of CareerMash categories inside each occupation group. This is about the tasks in the job, not whether there will be jobs. It does not predict job losses. CareerMash staging data (11 Oct 2026), subject to change.

62.7% here50.8% England and Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Geography
Ward, compared with England and Wales
Method
Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.
Limitations
  • Estimate for residents, not a count of jobs in the area.
  • Resident basis: this counts people where they live, not where they work. Some residents work in other areas.
  • Census occupations are as at 21 March 2021, a COVID-19 period. The CareerMash categories are task evidence dated 11 October 2026. This is not a description of current employment.
  • Each local figure is an estimate: local occupation shares multiplied by a national mix inside each occupation group. It does not use local employers or local jobs, and a place can differ from the national mix inside a group.
  • CareerMash staging data (11 Oct 2026), subject to change.
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