Photo: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.5% of households live in a terraced house in Foelgastell
24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns, against 70% in Foelgastell. Across Foelgastell, 20% of households are one person living alone. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 690, in 278 households.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 7.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The median age in Foelgastell is 47.6, higher than in 72% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
In Foelgastell, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 89% of UK towns
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 38% of Foelgastell’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
Larger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.6%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Households with dependent children: 27% of the total.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4%
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
Flats are home to 3.3% of households, against 14% across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns, at 3%
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: 100% here and 96% across Wales’s towns. Against that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Foelgastell: 54% of residents speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 364 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 54% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 93% of them. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
Foelgastell sits above 95% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
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 Foelgastell · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.3%), Indian (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). At 42%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 58% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns: 90%. Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
Fewer adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns: 26%
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
For 25 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. To put it in context, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 58% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Foelgastell’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 16% have no qualification (20%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Foelgastell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foelgastell | 690 | — | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 1.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Tumble | 4,040 | 1.8 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 3.4 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 3.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 4.4 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 29% |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 4.6 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 25% |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 4.7 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Foelgastell’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 Foelgastell’s residents
What is the population of Foelgastell?
The 2021 Census counted 690 people in Foelgastell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Foelgastell?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Foelgastell?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Foelgastell?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Foelgastell good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Foelgastell’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Foelgastell?
364 residents aged 3 and over, 54%, 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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