Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Blaenannerch is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.3
Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Blaenannerch had 125 residents in 64 households at the 2021 Census. Across Blaenannerch, 22% of households have dependent children. 97% of residents describe themselves as White British; across Wales’s towns the figure is 90%.
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Wales’s towns. Across Blaenannerch, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. As a yardstick, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
4.7% of adults are full-time students, below 55% 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%.
On residents who moved in within the year, 10% here is much the same as across Wales’s towns. Elsewhere, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Households here average 2 people, below 97% 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.
Across Wales’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 3.1%; Blaenannerch has 4.7%. Here, 28% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households in flats than 98% of UK towns, at 1.7%
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
13% of households have no car or van, against 21% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns. In Blaenannerch, 53% of households live in a detached house.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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
3.2% of residents were born outside the UK (Wales’s towns: 7.4%). Elsewhere, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
Welsh, spoken by 51% of Blaenannerch’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (63 people): more than in 92% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
46% of residents said they have no religion, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 97% of Blaenannerch · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 51% in Blaenannerch. Across Wales’s towns, residents with no religion come to 47%.
Unpaid carers: 13%, a higher share than 99% 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
Adults who have never married: 28% here and 38% across Wales’s towns. 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 93% of UK towns. For comparison, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 5.
Degree-level qualifications: 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 34% of adults in Blaenannerch, 31% across Wales’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 20%.
Older than Blaenannerch: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenannerch | 125 | — | 52.3 | 34% | 22% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 1.7 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 4.3 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 5.4 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 6.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 11.2 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 11.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
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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 Blaenannerch’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 Blaenannerch’s residents
What is the population of Blaenannerch?
The 2021 Census counted 125 people in Blaenannerch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blaenannerch?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blaenannerch?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blaenannerch?
46% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Blaenannerch good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Blaenannerch’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Blaenannerch?
63 residents aged 3 and over, 51%, 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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