Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0Aberaeron is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.6
In Aberaeron, 38% of households live in a terraced house, beside 29% across Wales’s towns. At the 2021 Census Aberaeron was home to 1,040 people in 550 households. On the census count, 48% of households are one person living alone. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British.
What the Census says about Aberaeron’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
601 residents, 59% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 94% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Aberaeron’s residents are under 56.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
A village of flats
24% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 90% of UK towns. 28% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Aberaeron sits above 97% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (36%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. Aberaeron has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of UK towns, at 8.2%. The wider picture: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 4% of adults are full-time students in Aberaeron
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Aberaeron has 34% and 22%. Against that, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 8.9% of the total.
In Aberaeron, 14% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
Households average 1.9 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Above 92% of UK towns: 28% of households have no car or van
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Set against 24% across Wales’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house in Aberaeron. One household in every 4 has no car or van. Households in flats are more common here than in 90% of UK towns.
Below 74% of UK towns: 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 10%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 97%, fewer than in 57% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 7.4%.
Welsh in Aberaeron: 59% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
59% of residents aged 3 and over, 601 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, more than in 94% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
Below 78% of UK towns: 36% of residents said they have no religion
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 95% of Aberaeron · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 43% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Aberaeron comes in at 54%. Across Wales’s towns, residents with no religion come to 47%. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Indian (0.1%).
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 61% of UK towns: 31%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
At 43%, married adults and civil partners sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care in Aberaeron. For adults who have never married, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 38%.
35% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Aberaeron, 19%, while 35% hold one at degree level (31%).
Older than Aberaeron: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Dyfed’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Dyfed (or Wales), summed the same way as Aberaeron’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Aberaeron’s residents
What is the population of Aberaeron?
The 2021 Census counted 1,040 people in Aberaeron’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aberaeron?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aberaeron?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aberaeron?
36% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Aberaeron good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Aberaeron’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Aberaeron?
601 residents aged 3 and over, 59%, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067, TS032). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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