Brynhenllan Chapel · Photo: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Dinas Cross is over 58.4
A household here has 2 people on average; across Wales’s towns, 2.3. Fewer households in flats than in 86% of UK towns: 4.2%. Dinas Cross is home to 484 residents in 236 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 14% of households have dependent children.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns, at 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 6% of residents, against 12% across Wales’s towns. For 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 94 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 residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 5.4%
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 or semi-routine work; Dinas Cross has 31% and 21%. In Dinas Cross, 4.1% of adults are full-time students. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
More one-person households than 84% of UK towns: 34%
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.
Where 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns, Dinas Cross has 4.2%. As a yardstick, 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.
Only 8% of households in Dinas Cross have no car or van
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
Set against 24% across Wales’s towns, 47% of households live in a detached house in Dinas Cross. As a yardstick, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 52% of UK towns.
Only 5.6% of Dinas Cross’s residents were born outside the UK
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 (2.5%) and in Africa (1.5%). Residents born outside the UK: 7.4% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. Higher than in 58% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language.
45% of people in Dinas Cross speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 214 residents aged 3 and over, 45%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Dinas Cross · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
52% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across Wales’s towns the figure is 43%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns is 90%. Residents with no religion: 41% of the total.
Dinas Cross ranks below 79% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 28%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 17. Adults who have never married: 38% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 51% here, more than in two thirds of UK towns. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (20%).
Every neighbour of Dinas Cross has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinas Cross | 484 | — | 58.4 | 37% | 14% |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 3.6 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 20% |
| Goodwick | 2,017 | 4.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 23% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 10.3 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 11.4 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Dinas Cross’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 Dinas Cross’s residents
What is the population of Dinas Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 484 people in Dinas Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dinas Cross?
The median age was 58.4 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dinas Cross?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dinas Cross?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Dinas Cross good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Dinas Cross’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Dinas Cross?
214 residents aged 3 and over, 45%, 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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