Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cenarth is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
Across Wales’s towns, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Cenarth, 97%. In Cenarth, 3.5% of households live in a terraced house. 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The village had 316 residents in 149 households at the 2021 Census.
Cenarth ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 2 times the share across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 30%. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 76 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.
Full-time students make up 4.4% in Cenarth, less than in 72% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly a quarter of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 27% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Cenarth. By way of comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% 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.
Households in Cenarth hold 2.2 people on average (Wales’s towns: 2.3). Add to that, on one-person households, Cenarth sits lower than 59% of UK towns: 29%. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across Wales’s towns: 3.1%. 28% of households have dependent children.
Cenarth sits above 89% of UK towns for households in detached houses (50%)
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
21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns, against 11% in Cenarth. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Cenarth sits above 96% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 67% of UK towns.
53% of Cenarth’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 162 residents aged 3 and over, 53%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 93% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
Cenarth ranks above 72% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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 Cenarth · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.9%), Chinese (0.6%) and Indian (0.3%). Set beside that, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. On residents with no religion, Cenarth sits lower than 52% of UK towns: 41%.
In Cenarth, 17% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
Where 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns, Cenarth has 45%. 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. For comparison, one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Cenarth (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 20% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cenarth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cenarth | 316 | — | 52.6 | 30% | 28% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 2.8 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 5.9 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 5.9 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 6.7 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 9.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 11.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Cenarth’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 Cenarth’s residents
What is the population of Cenarth?
The 2021 Census counted 316 people in Cenarth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cenarth?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cenarth?
97% 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 Cenarth?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Cenarth good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Cenarth’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Cenarth?
162 residents aged 3 and over, 53%, 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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