Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking town: 38% of Hendy and Fforest’s residents speak Welsh
95% of residents describe themselves as White British; across Wales’s towns the figure is 90%. Hendy and Fforest counted 2,996 residents and 1,288 households at the 2021 Census. Across Hendy and Fforest, 3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. Fewer households without a car or van than in 87% of UK towns: 9.1%.
What the Census says about Hendy and Fforest’s people
A Welsh-speaking town
1,109 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 87% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 68% of UK towns: half of Hendy and Fforest is under 42.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%), Hendy and Fforest is below 63% of UK towns. Add to that, at 20%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 64% of UK towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8.3% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hendy and Fforest, 42.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Above 75% of UK towns: 5.5% 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%.
Set against 9.1% across Wales’s towns, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Hendy and Fforest. The share of full-time students across Wales’s towns is 8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More households with dependent children than 75% of UK towns: 30%
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.
With one-person households at 28%, Hendy and Fforest is behind nearly two thirds of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
More detached houses than 76% of UK towns: 40% of households
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
16% of households live in a terraced house, against 29% across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Only 3.6% of Hendy and Fforest’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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Of residents born abroad, 16% arrived in 2017 or later, against 23% across Wales’s towns. Here, 98% of residents have English as their main language. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.
Can speak Welsh: 38% of Hendy and Fforest’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 1,109 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 38% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 87% of them. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
More residents with no religion than 95% of UK towns: 51%
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 Hendy and Fforest · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.6%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 42%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 63% of UK towns: 50%
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
The share of unpaid carers tops 88% of UK towns: 11%. Here, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. To put it in context, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (20%).
86th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Hendy and Fforest in age: Broomfield (42.1), Ruabon (42.1), Farington Moss (42.2) and Lostock Gralam (42.2).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Hendy and Fforest
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendy and Fforest | 2,996 | — | 42.1 | 20% | 30% |
| Pontarddulais | 6,513 | 0.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 30% |
| Llangennech | 4,278 | 1.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Grovesend | 1,148 | 1.9 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Bryn | 1,727 | 2.9 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Gorseinon | 14,114 | 3.2 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 27% |
| Loughor | 4,632 | 3.5 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Penllergaer | 3,578 | 3.6 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 34% |
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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 Hendy and Fforest’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 Hendy and Fforest’s residents
What is the population of Hendy and Fforest?
The 2021 Census counted 2,996 people in Hendy and Fforest’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hendy and Fforest?
The median age was 42.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hendy and Fforest?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hendy and Fforest?
51% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hendy and Fforest good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Hendy and Fforest’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Hendy and Fforest?
1,109 residents aged 3 and over, 38%, 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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