Ardudwy

Ardudwy is a historic hundred in the county of Merioneth. It was number 1 out of 5 (in population) in the county of Merioneth and number 34 out of 90 in all of Wales.

Basic Statistics

Below is a snapshot of key statistics which are population, number of houses, and the female proportion of the population.

Family Occupations

This pie chart shows the principle occupation by family in Ardudwy. For Ardudwy, the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 49.33%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 20.47%, and other occupations made up 30.2%.

For comparison, for the entire county of Merioneth the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 48.7%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 24.67%, and other occupations made up 26.64%.

For comparison, for the entire country of Wales (including the county of Monmouth), the proportion of families that was mainly involved in Agriculture were 42.27%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 28.6%, and other occupations made up 29.13%.

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Male Occupations

The bar chart shows a breakdown in occupations of males over 20 in the hundred of Ardudwy. The following is a proportion breakdown of each employment type (with comparisons to county and country levels):

Occupation Ardudwy Merioneth Wales
Agriculture Employing Labourers 12.82% 12.52% 9.65%
Agriculture Not Employing Labourers 13.53% 14.03% 9.53%
Agriculture that are Labourers 28.92% 29.29% 27.22%
Manufacturing 1.66% 2.18% 4.29%
Retail Trade or Handicraft 17.24% 19.83% 22.51%
Professional or other Education Occupation1.7% 1.63% 2.71%
Labourers not in Agriculture 18.07% 8.31% 17.48%
Servants 0.24% 0.95% 1.12%
Other Occupations 5.84% 11.24% 5.5%

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Housing

This pie chart shows the houses in Ardudwy by completion and whether they were inhabited. For Ardudwy, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 95.38%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.88%, and uninhabited made up 3.75%.

For comparison, for the entire county of Merioneth, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 95.99%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.73%, and uninhabited made up 3.28%.

For comparison, for the entire country of Wales (including the county of Monmouth), the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 95.35%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.8%, and uninhabited made up 3.84%.

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