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53.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 53.8: Cribyn is older than 95% of UK towns

The figure for households with dependent children is 18% in Cribyn and 27% across Wales’s towns. The census found that 8.1% of households have no car or van here. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 70% of households live in a detached house. The village had 353 residents in 158 households at the 2021 Census.

29%aged 65 or over 2.8%born abroad 158households

Ages

In Cribyn, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

CribynWales’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

29% of Cribyn is 65 or over, against 24% across Dyfed’s towns and 21% across Wales’s towns. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6430%

65 and over29%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Cribyn

Wales

WomenMen

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.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns, at 3.3%

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

Full-time students3.3%

Higher managerial and professional6.5%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate9.5%

Small employers and self-employed18%

Supervisory and technical7.8%

Semi-routine14%

Routine14%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.8%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Cribyn

11%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0× Wales’s share

Compared with 9.1% across Wales’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across Wales’s towns, full-time students come to 8%.

Households

Above 89% of UK towns: 35% of households are one person living alone

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 18%Living alone, under 66 18%Families with dependent children 18%Couples and families, no young children 42%Shared houses and other 3.8%

Against Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns

Cribyn

Dyfed’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person35%

2 people37%

3 people11%

4 people11%

5 or more6.2%

Wales’s towns.

On shared households of unrelated adults, 3.8% here is much the same as across Wales’s towns. Households average 2.2 people. Measured more widely, 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.

Homes & cars

Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.6%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Cribyn

Dyfed’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van8.1%

One38%

Two34%

Three or more20%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Where 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns, Cribyn has 3.1%. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats is 14%.

Where people were born

2.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 94% 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%

Cribyn

2.8%

Dyfed’s towns

Wales’s towns

7.4%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 96% across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 7.4%.

Welsh language

Cribyn’s Welsh speakers make up 51% of residents

Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh51%

Can speak, read and write Welsh41%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)58%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Asked in 2021, 177 residents aged 3 and over, 51%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 92% of Welsh towns. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).

Ethnicity & religion

In Cribyn, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 94% 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

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Other White2.3%

Asian0.3%

Mixed0.3%

Black0.6%

Other0%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 97% of Cribyn · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

No religion34%

Christian56%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.4%

Other religion1.1%

Didn’t answer6.7%

0%35%70%

Asked about religion, 34% answered none, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Cribyn has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 86% of UK towns, at 56%. As a yardstick, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.3%), Caribbean (0.6%) and Indian (0.3%).

Relationships & caring

Above 99% of UK towns: 13% of residents give unpaid care

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership29%

Married or civil partnership48%

Separated2.6%

Divorced14%

Widowed7.4%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

46residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.8%

20 to 49 hours3.8%

50 hours or more3.8%

The share of adults who have never married trails 77% of UK towns: 29%. Here, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. On average, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns.

Qualifications

33% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications16%

Apprenticeship5.5%

A levels or similar23%

Degree level33%

CribynDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Cribyn, 16%, while 33% hold one at degree level (31%).

Neighbours

2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Cribyn

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

LampeterLlanybydderAberaeronNew QuayLlandysulPencaderCribyn

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Cribyn	353	—	53.8	29%	18%
Lampeter	2,505	4 mi	38.9	22%	27%
Llanybydder	1,182	4.8 mi	48.7	26%	24%
Aberaeron	1,040	8 mi	56.6	36%	14%
New Quay	1,046	8.9 mi	58.5	37%	13%
Llandysul	1,321	9.3 mi	49.1	27%	22%
Pencader	1,061	10.8 mi	44.5	22%	25%

More about Cribyn’s residents

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How to read these numbers

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 Cribyn’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 Cribyn’s residents

What is the population of Cribyn?

The 2021 Census counted 353 people in Cribyn’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Cribyn?

The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Cribyn?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Cribyn?

34% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.

Is Cribyn good for families?

18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Cribyn’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Cribyn?

177 residents aged 3 and over, 51%, 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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