Dowlais
Middle areaNorth Merthyr Tydfil. 9,341 people in 11 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
Under 60%98% or more
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Dowlais’s wards yet.
How Dowlais compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
DowlaisMiddle
Median sale price7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · 2025
£130,0003rd lowest
Population7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · 2021
9,358joint highest
Gigabit broadband coverage7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · Jan 2026
93.2%highest
Claimant rate7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · Aug 2026
3.0%4th highest
Figures for the whole of Merthyr Tydfil
These figures are published for the whole of Merthyr Tydfil, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Merthyr Tydfil and not Dowlais alone. See Merthyr Tydfil
Dowlais in brief
The median price paid for a home in Dowlais was £130,000 in 2025.
Dowlais had 9,358 usual residents at the census.
In Dowlais, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dowlais, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.