Photo: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 38% in Crymych, more than in 97% of UK towns
Here two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 43%. Crymych had 778 residents and 363 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.3. For Crymych, the census puts residents with no religion at 44%. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 71% of UK towns.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Crymych is 45.3, higher than in 56% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Below 91% of UK towns: 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
In Crymych, nearly a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 33% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 9.1%. The census found that 5.6% of adults are full-time students in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 85% 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.
25% of households have dependent children (Wales’s towns: 27%). On the census count, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
16% of households live in a terraced house, below 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
Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 16% of households have no car or van here. As a reference point, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. Households in flats are more common here than in 72% of UK towns.
In Crymych, 2.1% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns: 7.4%. Higher than in 96% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language.
Welsh speakers: 69% of Crymych’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 523 residents aged 3 and over, 69%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 96% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, 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 Crymych · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Across Wales’s towns, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Crymych, 47%. Against that, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Crymych: 11% of residents give unpaid care, above 87% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 29. Against that, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. At 37%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Crymych, 26%, and 23% have none, against 20%.
Every nearby town is older than Crymych
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crymych | 778 | — | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 7.6 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 7.8 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 8.8 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Whitland | 1,907 | 10.8 mi | 46 | 24% | 25% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 11.9 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Crymych’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 Crymych’s residents
What is the population of Crymych?
The 2021 Census counted 778 people in Crymych’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crymych?
The median age was 45.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crymych?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crymych?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Crymych good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Crymych’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Crymych?
523 residents aged 3 and over, 69%, 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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