Burry Port Harbour Light · Photo: Vouliagmeni · Public domainBurry Port is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 51
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 90% across Wales’s towns. Unpaid carers: 13% of the total. Just over a fifth of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 4,966 residents in Burry Port, living in 2,258 households.
What the Census says about Burry Port’s people
A Welsh-speaking town
1,455 residents, 30% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 82% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Burry Port’s residents are under 51 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% 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).
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across Wales’s towns, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Set beside that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Burry Port, 51. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 71% 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 7.3%, Burry Port is behind 81% of UK towns on that count. Across Wales’s towns, full-time students come to 8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 77% 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.
Set against 32% across Wales’s towns, 33% of households are one person living alone in Burry Port. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.3%.
5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 81% 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
Against a figure of 24% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Burry Port comes in at 32%. On the census count, 18% of households have no car or van. Higher than in 55% of UK towns: 22% of households live in a terraced house. Elsewhere, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3%
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 17% of residents born abroad, beside 23% across Wales’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. In Burry Port, 99% of residents have English as their main language.
Burry Port: 30% of residents speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 1,455 residents aged 3 and over, 30%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 82% of Welsh towns. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
No religion: 44% of residents, a higher share than 72% of UK towns
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 Burry Port · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Burry Port. For comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
In Burry Port, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 58% 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
220 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Set beside that, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Lower than in 57% of UK towns: 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 29% of its adults qualified to degree level, Burry Port compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 19% hold no qualification (20%).
810 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people: this is the 128th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Burry Port in age: Brundall (51), Old Basing (51), Amble (51.1) and Appleby-in-Westmorland (51.1).
Around Burry Port, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Burry Port’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 Burry Port’s residents
What is the population of Burry Port?
The 2021 Census counted 4,966 people in Burry Port’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burry Port?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census, older than 89% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burry Port?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burry Port?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Burry Port good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Burry Port’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Burry Port?
1,455 residents aged 3 and over, 30%, 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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