Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.4: Cross Inn is older than 98% of UK towns
By its share of households in terraced houses (6.7%), Cross Inn is below 96% of UK towns. The village has fewer households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns, at 20%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 308, in 149 households. The share of households in detached houses stands at 65%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns, at 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 11% of residents, 2 times the share across Wales’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Cross Inn sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 7%. Across the comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 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
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 Cross Inn, 29% and 22%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.6%. By way of comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Smaller households than 93% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 1.3% in Cross Inn and 3.1% across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 32%, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Cross Inn sits below 95% of UK towns for households in flats (2.7%)
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van, against 21% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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 share of residents whose main language is English tops 99% of UK towns: 100%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). Across the comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
In Cross Inn, 48% of residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 142 people, 48% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Cross Inn, more than in 98% 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: 97% of Cross Inn · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Where 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns, Cross Inn has 39%. For comparison, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Cross Inn ranks below 95% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 24%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 12. 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 90% of UK towns. Against that, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Unpaid carers: 8%, below 83% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Cross Inn’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have no qualification (20%).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Cross Inn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Inn | 308 | — | 56.4 | 35% | 20% |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 1.2 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 5.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 8.8 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 10.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 11.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 12 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Cross Inn’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 Cross Inn’s residents
What is the population of Cross Inn?
The 2021 Census counted 308 people in Cross Inn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cross Inn?
The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cross Inn?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cross Inn?
39% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.3% didn’t answer.
Is Cross Inn good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Cross Inn’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Cross Inn?
142 residents aged 3 and over, 48%, 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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