Photo: Endarrt at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0A lower share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.4%
7.2% of households have no car or van, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Cilgerran had 971 residents in 423 households at the 2021 Census. In Cilgerran, 53% of residents said they have no religion. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 95% of UK towns: 38%.
Cilgerran is younger than 79% of UK towns: a median age of 40.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns, against 11% in Cilgerran. Residents aged 65 and over: 19% of the total.
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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 81% of UK towns: 11%
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%.
Full-time students: 7.1%, near enough the figure across Wales’s towns. On average, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More households with dependent children than 84% of UK towns: 32%
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.
With one-person households at 31%, Cilgerran is ahead of 62% of UK towns on that count. For households with dependent children, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 27%. The census found that 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village.
A village of detached houses: 41% 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
25% of households live in a terraced house (Wales’s towns: 29%). Set beside that, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
In Cilgerran, 2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
Where 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns, Cilgerran has 100%. Across Wales’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%).
Of Cilgerran’s residents, 47% can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 445, or 47% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of them. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Cilgerran · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 38%, below 95% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Cilgerran: 41% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 92% 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
In Cilgerran, 11% of residents give unpaid care, beside 10% across Wales’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 38%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 34.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Cilgerran’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns. Many of the 17% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Every nearby town is older than Cilgerran
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cilgerran | 971 | — | 40.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 2.4 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 2.8 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 6.7 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 7.1 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Cilgerran’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 Cilgerran’s residents
What is the population of Cilgerran?
The 2021 Census counted 971 people in Cilgerran’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cilgerran?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cilgerran?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cilgerran?
53% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Cilgerran good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Cilgerran’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Cilgerran?
445 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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