Tal-Y-Bont And Mowddwy
Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy is a historic hundred in the county of Merioneth. It was number 2 out of 5 (in population) in the county of Merioneth and number 47 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 Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy. For Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy, the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 42.0%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 35.3%, and other occupations made up 22.7%.
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 Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy. The following is a proportion breakdown of each employment type (with comparisons to county and country levels):
Occupation | Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy | Merioneth | Wales |
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Agriculture Employing Labourers | 11.47% | 12.52% | 9.65% |
Agriculture Not Employing Labourers | 13.96% | 14.03% | 9.53% |
Agriculture that are Labourers | 19.47% | 29.29% | 27.22% |
Manufacturing | 4.33% | 2.18% | 4.29% |
Retail Trade or Handicraft | 20.7% | 19.83% | 22.51% |
Professional or other Education Occupation | 2.06% | 1.63% | 2.71% |
Labourers not in Agriculture | 1.84% | 8.31% | 17.48% |
Servants | 0.79% | 0.95% | 1.12% |
Other Occupations | 25.38% | 11.24% | 5.5% |
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Housing
This pie chart shows the houses in Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy by completion and whether they were inhabited. For Tal-y-Bont and Mowddwy, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 96.27%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.71%, and uninhabited made up 3.02%.
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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