Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Who lives in Hook: a median age of 47.1, 365 households
Hook had 886 residents and 365 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.1. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
A median age of 47.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.3% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. 24% of Hook is 65 or over, against 24% across Dyfed’s towns and 21% across Wales’s towns. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
37% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs
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%.
37% of Hook’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. 8% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 9.1% across Wales’s towns. The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
365 households: one in 4 is one person living alone
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.
Families with dependent children are 31% of households (Wales’s towns 27%), and 14% are someone 66 or over living alone (Dyfed’s towns 16%). Households average 2.5 people.
The most common home: a detached house, for 69% 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
0.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 69% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns. One household in 18 has no car or van.
3.8% 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
3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, against 6% across Dyfed’s towns and 7.4% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). 99% of residents have English or Welsh as their main language.
11% of Hook’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
96 residents, 11% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 58% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
54% said they are Christian and 38% that they have no religion
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 Hook · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 93% across Dyfed’s towns and 90% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and African (0.7%).
On religion, 38% answered “no religion” and 54% Christian, against 47% and 43% across Wales’s towns.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
24% of Hook’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 57% are married, against 38% and 43% across Wales’s towns. 23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
38% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
38% of Hook’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 11% have none (20%).
Every nearby town is younger than Hook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hook | 886 | — | 47.1 | 24% | 31% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 2.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 3 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 3.5 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 3.8 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 4.4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 5.1 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 5.8 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 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 Hook’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 Hook’s residents
What is the population of Hook?
The 2021 Census counted 886 people in Hook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hook?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hook?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hook?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hook good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Hook’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Hook?
96 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, 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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