Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.9: Jameston is older than 97% of UK towns
By its share of households in terraced houses (3.5%), Jameston is below 99% of UK towns. For Jameston, the census puts households in flats at 2.5%. At 24%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 646 residents here, living in 284 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8% in Jameston, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across Wales’s towns, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Jameston, 34%. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 93% 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%.
In Jameston, 32% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 20% of households in Jameston have dependent children
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.
At 3.2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. On average, 2.2 people share a household. More one-person households than in half of UK towns: 30%.
In Jameston, 72% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 21%; Jameston has 9.3%. 2.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 72% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
3.3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 88% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). More residents whose main language is English than in 89% of UK towns: 99%. Across Wales’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 7.4%.
Welsh is spoken by 8.7% of Jameston’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 55, or 8.7% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 82% of them. Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
A higher White British share than 87% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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 Jameston · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Here 38% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 47%. Meanwhile, residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in just over three quarters of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 90% across Wales’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.2%).
14% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Some 23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 55% here, more than in 88% of UK towns. The share of unpaid carers across Wales’s towns is 10%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of adults in Jameston (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 19% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Jameston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameston | 646 | — | 55.9 | 34% | 20% |
| Tenby | 4,092 | 4.5 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 20% |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 4.7 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Wooden | 1,300 | 5.6 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Saundersfoot | 2,515 | 5.9 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 16% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 6.1 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Kilgetty | 1,247 | 6.8 mi | 54.7 | 34% | 16% |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 7.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Jameston’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 Jameston’s residents
What is the population of Jameston?
The 2021 Census counted 646 people in Jameston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Jameston?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Jameston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Jameston?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Jameston good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Jameston’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Jameston?
55 residents aged 3 and over, 8.7%, 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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