Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 47% of Capel Hendre’s residents speak Welsh
By its share of households in detached houses (53%), Capel Hendre is above 92% of UK towns. At 13%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 99% of UK towns. The village’s 488 households held 1,143 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Capel Hendre, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
What the Census says about Capel Hendre’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
520 residents, 47% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Capel Hendre is older than 74% of UK towns: a median age of 47.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across Wales’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.9% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer full-time students than 82% of UK towns: 4.1%
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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Capel Hendre, 26% and 31%. Elsewhere, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Capel Hendre
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.
Against a figure of 3.1% across Wales’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Capel Hendre comes in at 2.1%. In Capel Hendre, 28% of households have dependent children. On average, 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 9.1% in Capel Hendre, less than in 91% 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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 21%; Capel Hendre has 13%. By way of comparison, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. Households in flats account for 7.9%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 78% of UK towns: 3.9%
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
Where 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns, Capel Hendre has 97%. The wider picture: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).
Welsh in Capel Hendre: 47% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 520 residents aged 3 and over, 47%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 70% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Capel Hendre · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Here 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 43%. More residents with no religion than in 81% of UK towns: 46%. Across Wales’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 90%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Arab (0.2%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 80% of UK towns: 28%
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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (47%), Capel Hendre is below 55% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. 60 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Qualified to degree level: 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of Capel Hendre’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 23% have no qualification (20%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Capel Hendre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | — | 47.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 1.3 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 1.8 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 25% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 1.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Ammanford | 8,282 | 2.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 2.9 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 29% |
| Tumble | 4,040 | 3.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Hendy and Fforest | 2,996 | 4.8 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Capel Hendre’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 Capel Hendre’s residents
What is the population of Capel Hendre?
The 2021 Census counted 1,143 people in Capel Hendre’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Capel Hendre?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Capel Hendre?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Capel Hendre?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Capel Hendre good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Capel Hendre’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Capel Hendre?
520 residents aged 3 and over, 47%, 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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