25,797
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
No religion · 53%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
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Crimes
£127,404
Median property price
1,629
Postcodes
Overview of Merthyr Tydfil
Coordinates51.7342, -3.3629
Postcodes
1,629
Population (Census)
58,824
Households (Census)
25,797
Recorded crime
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Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Merthyr Tydfil
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.83 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.83 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Merthyr Tydfil
Property sales · Merthyr Tydfil
HM Land Registry · Merthyr Tydfil
Average price
£153,305
YoY: -9.2%
Median price: £123,761
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Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 11 sales · avg £142,677
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£212k£167k£121k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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Demographics in Merthyr Tydfil
Ethnicity
White Brit.93.3%
Other White3.5%
+ other · 3.2%
Religion
No religion53.2%
Christian40.1%
Not answered5.2%
+ other · 1.4%
Age groups
50–6420.7%
35–4918.4%
25–3413.3%
65–7410.7%
10–157.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.7%
Households
Other18.6%
Any member 66+13.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.9%
+ 7 other households · 37.4%
Wards in Merthyr Tydfil
Treharris
IMD 5.30153 postcodes
Cyfarthfa
IMD 4.88170 postcodes
Vaynor
IMD 4.86108 postcodes
Town
IMD 4.23297 postcodes
Plymouth
IMD 3.71180 postcodes
Merthyr Vale
IMD 3.6090 postcodes
Penydarren
IMD 3.56115 postcodes
Bedlinog and Trelewis
IMD 3.5498 postcodes
Park
IMD 3.32145 postcodes
Dowlais and Pant
IMD 2.80173 postcodes
Gurnos
IMD 1.00100 postcodes