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Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare

Middle area

North east Merthyr Tydfil. 8,258 people in 8.7 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£175,000
933rd lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,293
3,060th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Pentre-bach & Mountain HareMiddle
Median sale price7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Merthyr Tydfil7 areas from £122,750 to £175,000. The middle area is £147,500. Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare is £175,000.
£175,000joint highest
Population7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · 2021
Population: every middle area in Merthyr Tydfil7 areas from 6,737 to 9,358. The middle area is 8,331. Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare is 8,293.
8,2933rd lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Merthyr Tydfil7 areas from 50.9% to 93.2%. The middle area is 83.1%. Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare is 83.1%.
83.1%4th highest
Claimant rate7 middle areas, Merthyr Tydfil · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Merthyr Tydfil7 areas from 2.3% to 5.0%. The middle area is 3.0%. Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare is 2.6%.
2.6%2nd lowest

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 Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare alone. See Merthyr Tydfil

Average house price
£156,721
Up 4.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,152
67th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.5×
24th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Female life expectancy
79.7years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare in brief

The median price paid for a home in Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare was £175,000 in 2025.

Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare had 8,293 usual residents at the census.

In Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Pentre-bach & Mountain Hare, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.