Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0Carway is younger than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 34.6
The share of residents with no religion is 55%, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Locally, 7.6% of households have no car or van. Households in flats are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns. Carway counted 1,401 residents and 578 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Carway’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
546 residents, 41% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 88% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Carway’s residents are under 34.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village of families
34% of Carway’s 578 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 91% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A village people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 12%. Across the comparison, 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.
Carway ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 14%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 28% of Carway’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 28%, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 5.6% here. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.1% across Wales’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
34% of households have dependent children, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 65% of UK towns: 2.1%. On top of that, at 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 87% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, households with dependent children come to 27%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
37% of households live in a detached house, more than in 70% 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
Set against 29% across Wales’s towns, 19% of households live in a terraced house in Carway. The share of households in detached houses across Wales’s towns is 24%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 67% of UK towns: 4.8%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 52% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
In Carway, 41% of residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
546 residents, 41% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 88% of Welsh towns. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 36% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Carway · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 90% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Carway comes in at 95%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 43% across Wales’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.3%).
Carway ranks above 87% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 39%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 61 residents. Carway has more unpaid carers than 82% of UK towns, at 11%. For adults who have never married, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 38%. 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 43% across Wales’s towns.
30% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Carway’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 18% have no qualification (20%).
Every neighbour of Carway has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carway | 1,401 | — | 34.6 | 13% | 34% |
| Trimsaran | 2,190 | 1.1 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Pontyates | 1,475 | 1.8 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Kidwelly | 2,761 | 3.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 24% |
| Burry Port | 4,966 | 3.4 mi | 51 | 28% | 22% |
| Pwll | 1,305 | 3.4 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 20% |
| Pembrey | 2,094 | 3.9 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 3.9 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
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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 Carway’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 Carway’s residents
What is the population of Carway?
The 2021 Census counted 1,401 people in Carway’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carway?
The median age was 34.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carway?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carway?
55% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Carway good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Carway’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Carway?
546 residents aged 3 and over, 41%, 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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