Photo: Pan Dodd-Noble · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in detached houses make up 72% in Five Roads, more than in 99% of UK towns
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 56% in Five Roads and 43% across Wales’s towns. At the same time, households without a car or van are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns. The village had 639 residents in 260 households at the 2021 Census. For Five Roads, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1%.
A median age of 48.2: Five Roads is older than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: a quarter of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Below 94% of UK towns: 3.6% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Against a figure of 9.1% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Five Roads comes in at 5%. To put it in context, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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 typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Here, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Just over a quarter of households have dependent children, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 96% of UK towns: 6.8%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 29% of households live in a terraced house.
Only 2.5% of Five Roads’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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.4%) and in Africa (0.6%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 93% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
45% of Five Roads’s residents say they can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 283 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 45% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of them. The highest share in Dyfed belongs to Tumble (62%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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: 98% of Five Roads · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Where 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns, Five Roads has 39%. 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 82% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 90% across Wales’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 13%, a higher share than 99% 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
20 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 10%.
40% of adults are qualified to degree level
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 Five Roads, 40%, and 16% have none, against 20%.
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Five Roads are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Roads | 639 | — | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Carway | 1,401 | 1.7 mi | 34.6 | 13% | 34% |
| Trimsaran | 2,190 | 2.5 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Pontyates | 1,475 | 2.7 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Pwll | 1,305 | 2.8 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 20% |
| Llanelli | 42,143 | 3.4 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 28% |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 3.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
| Burry Port | 4,966 | 3.8 mi | 51 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Five Roads’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 Five Roads’s residents
What is the population of Five Roads?
The 2021 Census counted 639 people in Five Roads’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Five Roads?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Five Roads?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Five Roads?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Five Roads good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Five Roads’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Five Roads?
283 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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