Photo: Jonathan Wilkins · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ffairfach is over 52.3, older than 93% of UK towns
Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 38% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Ffairfach. There were 214 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 512 residents. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% of the total. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in 98% of UK towns.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
85+ is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 4.8 times the share across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 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.
Ffairfach sits above 89% of UK towns for full-time students (6.6%)
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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.1%; Ffairfach has 7.4%. Full-time students make up 8% across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 93% 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.
The share of households with dependent children is 24%, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.7% of the total.
A smaller share of households in flats than 78% of UK towns: 5.9%
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 25%, against 29% across Wales’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across Wales’s towns: 14%. Households without a car or van: 13% of the total. Higher than in 63% of UK towns: 34% of households live in a detached house.
3.1% born outside the UK, fewer than in 89% 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
Residents whose main language is English make up 98%, against 96% across Wales’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Welsh speakers: 51% of Ffairfach’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 255 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 51% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 92% of them. The highest share in Dyfed belongs to Tumble (62%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 69% of UK towns: 53%
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: 96% of Ffairfach · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.6%), Indian (0.6%) and Pakistani (0.6%). Higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 43% of residents said they have no religion.
Adults who have never married make up 28% in Ffairfach, less than in 78% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 17 residents. Across the comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. At 9.5%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 54% of UK towns.
28% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Ffairfach’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 26% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 14%.
Every neighbour of Ffairfach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffairfach | 512 | — | 52.3 | 35% | 24% |
| Llandeilo | 1,788 | 0.8 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 21% |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 29% |
| Ammanford | 8,282 | 5.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 5.6 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 25% |
| Glanaman | 3,866 | 5.8 mi | 45 | 22% | 25% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 6.2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 6.6 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 28% |
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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 Ffairfach’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 Ffairfach’s residents
What is the population of Ffairfach?
The 2021 Census counted 512 people in Ffairfach’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ffairfach?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ffairfach?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ffairfach?
43% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 2.7% didn’t answer.
Is Ffairfach good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Ffairfach’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Ffairfach?
255 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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