Local authority · W06000024
Merthyr Tydfil
In useMerthyr Tydfil is a local authority in Wales, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- W06000024
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 112 km²
- Population
- 58,972Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
36 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
- Merthyr Tydfil 002A
- Merthyr Tydfil 002B
- Merthyr Tydfil 002C
- Merthyr Tydfil 002D
- Merthyr Tydfil 002E
- Merthyr Tydfil 002F
- Merthyr Tydfil 003A
- Merthyr Tydfil 003B
- Merthyr Tydfil 003C
- Merthyr Tydfil 003D
- Merthyr Tydfil 003E
- Merthyr Tydfil 004A
- Merthyr Tydfil 004B
- Merthyr Tydfil 004C
- Merthyr Tydfil 004D
- Merthyr Tydfil 005A
- Merthyr Tydfil 005C
- Merthyr Tydfil 005D
- Merthyr Tydfil 005E
- Merthyr Tydfil 005F
- Merthyr Tydfil 006A
- Merthyr Tydfil 006B
- Merthyr Tydfil 006E
- Merthyr Tydfil 006F
- Merthyr Tydfil 006G
- Merthyr Tydfil 007A
- Merthyr Tydfil 007B
- Merthyr Tydfil 007C
- Merthyr Tydfil 007D
- Merthyr Tydfil 007E
- Merthyr Tydfil 008A
- Merthyr Tydfil 008B
- Merthyr Tydfil 008C
- Merthyr Tydfil 008D
- Merthyr Tydfil 008E
- Merthyr Tydfil 008F
12 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Bedlinog
- Cyfarthfa
- Dowlais
- Gurnos
- Merthyr Vale
- Pant
- Park
- Penydarren
- Town
- Treharris
- Troed-y-rhiw
- Vaynor
11 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
Neighbours
3 local authorities share a border with Merthyr Tydfil, longest border first.
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 29.0 km
- Caerphilly 22.6 km
- Powys 13.8 km
Data published for it
24 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Merthyr Tydfil itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Mobile Coverage2025
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation2019
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/W06000024?include=capabilities