Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Broad Haven is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.9
48% of households live in a detached house; across Wales’s towns the figure is 24%. At the 2021 Census Broad Haven was home to 856 people in 393 households. Households with dependent children: a fifth of the total. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 94% of UK towns, at 7.5%.
7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
31% of residents are 65 or over; across Wales’s towns the figure is 21%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Broad Haven sits below 92% of UK towns for full-time students (3.7%)
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%.
Here just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 9.1%. Full-time students make up 8% across Wales’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 82% 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.
At 3.8%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Broad Haven.
A village of terraces: 25% of households live in one
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
Against a figure of 14% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats in Broad Haven comes in at 8.5%. As a reference point, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 92% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 6.4%, more than in 51% of UK towns. As a reference point, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
A Welsh-speaking share of 11% in Broad Haven
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 95 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: fewer than in 56% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 75% 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: 95% of Broad Haven · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%). Typically, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 72% of UK towns. Here nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 47%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns, at 25%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 21 people. Higher than in 90% of UK towns: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The usual figure: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care; across Wales’s towns the figure is 10%.
44% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Broad Haven, 44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (20%).
Broad Haven is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Haven | 856 | — | 53.9 | 31% | 20% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 4.7 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 5.3 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 5.3 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 7.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 9.2 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Broad Haven’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 Broad Haven’s residents
What is the population of Broad Haven?
The 2021 Census counted 856 people in Broad Haven’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broad Haven?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broad Haven?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Broad Haven?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Broad Haven good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Broad Haven’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Broad Haven?
95 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, 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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