Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 98% of UK towns: 5% of households live in a terraced house
Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children; in Begelly, 32%. At the 2021 Census Begelly was home to 348 people in 140 households. For Begelly, the census puts one-person households at 25%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 91% of UK towns: 8.1%.
Begelly is younger than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 81% of UK towns. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
In Begelly, 4.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 68% 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%.
Begelly sits close to the norm on residents who moved in within the year: 9.5%, about the same as across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Begelly households average 2.5 people, larger than in 91% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 4.3%, Begelly is ahead of 94% of UK towns on that count.
Households in detached houses make up 48% in Begelly, more than in 88% of UK towns
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
4.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 14% across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.6%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%) or in Africa (1.2%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 70% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.
16% of residents speak Welsh in Begelly
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 53 residents aged 3 and over, 16%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 68% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns, at 59%
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: 84% of Begelly · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 35%, below just over four fifths of UK towns. In Begelly, 84% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Married adults and civil partners make up 55% in Begelly, more than in 89% 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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 38%; Begelly has 27%. Locally, 11% of residents give unpaid care. Elsewhere, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
23% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Begelly, 23%, and 25% have none, against 20%.
Begelly is younger than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Begelly’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 Begelly’s residents
What is the population of Begelly?
The 2021 Census counted 348 people in Begelly’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Begelly?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Begelly?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Begelly?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Begelly good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Begelly’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Begelly?
53 residents aged 3 and over, 16%, 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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