Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking town: 48% of Ammanford’s residents speak Welsh
By its share of one-person households (35%), Ammanford is above 86% of UK towns. Locally, 14% of households live in a terraced house. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 77% of UK towns. This Dyfed town had 8,282 residents in 3,677 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Ammanford’s people
A Welsh-speaking town
3,898 residents, 48% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Ammanford’s population moved +5% on 2011, less than in 64% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Ammanford’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,600 people in 2011; 7,900 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+19%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−3%). The steepest year was mid-2018 to mid-2019, up 150 people.
Ammanford ranks above 66% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 6.9% of residents. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. By way of comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ammanford, 44.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 6.4% in Ammanford, more than in 88% of UK towns
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.6%, Ammanford is behind 73% of UK towns on that count. On average, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Ammanford households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 63% 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.
Lower than in 59% of UK towns: 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households with dependent children: 27% of the total.
Above 63% of UK towns: 34% of households live in a detached house
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
A fifth of households have no car or van (Wales’s towns: 21%). Across Wales’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house. The census found that 12% of households live in a flat or apartment in Ammanford.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 71% of UK towns: 4.5%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 13% of those born abroad (Wales’s towns: 23%). Residents whose main language is English account for 98%. As a yardstick, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Welsh speakers: 48% of Ammanford’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 3,898 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 48% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of them. Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
Only 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Ammanford
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 Ammanford · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.3%). As a reference point, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. On residents with no religion, Ammanford sits higher than 84% of UK towns: 47%.
Unpaid carers: 12%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
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
The share of adults who have never married is 33%, against 38% across Wales’s towns. Across Ammanford, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The usual figure: 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Ammanford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have none (20%). A levels are as far as 17% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
212th lowest median age among 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Ammanford in age: Milford and Witley (44.7), East Cowes (44.7), Ryton (44.8) and Gildersome (44.8).
Of the 7 towns nearest Ammanford, 6 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 8,282 | — | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 1 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 25% |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 1.8 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 2 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 29% |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 2.8 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Glanaman | 3,866 | 3.1 mi | 45 | 22% | 25% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 4.1 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen | 2,744 | 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Ammanford’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Ammanford’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,833 people in 2021, against 8,282 in the built-up area.
- 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 Ammanford’s residents
What is the population of Ammanford?
The 2021 Census counted 8,282 people in Ammanford’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,900 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Ammanford?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 51% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ammanford?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ammanford?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ammanford good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Ammanford’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Ammanford?
3,898 residents aged 3 and over, 48%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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