Photo: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking town: 49% of Glanaman’s residents speak Welsh
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 40% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Glanaman is home to 3,866 residents in 1,702 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. Fewer households with dependent children than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 25%.
What the Census says about Glanaman’s people
A Welsh-speaking town
1,842 residents, 49% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 91% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 54% of UK towns: half of Glanaman is over 45
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns, Glanaman has 10%. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.5% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 22%, more than in 54% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Glanaman, 45. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
In Glanaman, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 94% 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%.
Full-time students make up 5.1%, against 8% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Wales’s towns is 9.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
3.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 87% 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.
33% of households are one person living alone (Wales’s towns: 32%). As a yardstick, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Glanaman sits above 64% of UK towns for households without a car or van (18%)
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
Where 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns, Glanaman has 18%. Fewer households in flats than in nearly three fifths of UK towns: 9.2%. Households without a car or van make up 21% across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 33% of households live in a detached house.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.9%, a lower share than 79% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Compared with 96% across Wales’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 7.4% across Wales’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
49% of residents speak Welsh in Glanaman
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 1,842 people, 49% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 91% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
52% of residents said they have no religion, a share 96% 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: 96% of Glanaman · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.1% of residents. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 83% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 60% of UK towns, at 34%
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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (44%), Glanaman is below three quarters of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 38%. For 165 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 21% hold no qualification (20%).
191st lowest median age among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Glanaman in age: Cullingworth (45), Brookmans Park (45), Sunniside (45.1) and Whittle-le-Woods (45.1).
Glanaman is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glanaman | 3,866 | — | 45 | 22% | 25% |
| Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen | 2,744 | 1.9 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 26% |
| Brynamman | 2,636 | 1.9 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 25% |
| Ammanford | 8,282 | 3.1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen | 1,354 | 4.1 mi | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 4.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 29% |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 4.1 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 25% |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 4.9 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 27% |
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 Glanaman’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 Glanaman’s residents
What is the population of Glanaman?
The 2021 Census counted 3,866 people in Glanaman’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Glanaman?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Glanaman?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Glanaman?
52% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Glanaman good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Glanaman’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Glanaman?
1,842 residents aged 3 and over, 49%, 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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