Photo: Voice of Clam · Public domainBorth ranks below 97% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 18%
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of residents, against 12% across Wales’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,115 residents in Borth, living in 558 households. Here, 40% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 42% of households are one person living alone.
What the Census says about Borth’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
367 residents, 33% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 84% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Borth’s residents are under 52.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Borth is over 52.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 29% of residents are 65 or over here. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.2% of adults are full-time students in Borth
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%.
Nearly a third of Borth’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 8% across Wales’s towns. Across Borth, 9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 98% of UK towns: 2 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.7% here and 3.1% across Wales’s towns.
20% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 84% 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
Households without a car or van make up 23%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Higher than in 72% of UK towns: 38% of households live in a detached house. The benchmark for households in flats across Wales’s towns: 14%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 17% in Borth.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 87% of UK towns, at 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). On residents born outside the UK, Borth sits lower than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%. Across Wales’s towns, 96% of residents have English as their main language.
Welsh, spoken by 33% of Borth’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 367 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 33% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 84% of them. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
Above 75% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Borth · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
44% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 43% across Wales’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Indian (0.2%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in 73% of UK towns. As a reference point, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
35% of adults have never married, more than in 68% 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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 10%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 43. As a reference point, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Borth’s adults: 40% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns.
Of the 6 towns nearest Borth, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borth | 1,115 | — | 52.2 | 29% | 18% |
| Bow Street | 1,101 | 3 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Penrhyn-coch | 1,378 | 4.1 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 5 mi | 25 | 14% | 19% |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 5.4 mi | 40.3 | 20% | 22% |
| Tywyn | 3,134 | 7 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 17% |
| Machynlleth | 2,161 | 11.3 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 23% |
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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 Borth’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 Borth’s residents
What is the population of Borth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,115 people in Borth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Borth?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Borth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Borth?
44% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Borth good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Borth’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Borth?
367 residents aged 3 and over, 33%, 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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