Photo: Orrcad · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 54.7: Kilgetty is older than 96% of UK towns
In Kilgetty, 51% of households live in a detached house, beside 24% across Wales’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 16%. On adults who have never married, Kilgetty sits lower than 86% of UK towns: 27%. The 2021 Census counted 1,247 residents in 602 households.
What the Census says about Kilgetty’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kilgetty’s residents are under 54.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 96% of UK towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 8.8% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Kilgetty sits lower than 85% of UK towns: 8.5%. As a yardstick, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.4%
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (7%), Kilgetty is below 85% of UK towns. The usual figure: 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
37% of households are one person living alone, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Locally, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Elsewhere, 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.
Below 96% of UK towns: 6.7% of households live in a terraced house
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
In Kilgetty, 7.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 14% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 29%. For Kilgetty, the census puts households without a car or van at 18%.
3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, below 83% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 77% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Welsh in Kilgetty: 8.2% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 100, or 8.2% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 85% of them. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% of UK towns
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 Kilgetty · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.2%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in three quarters of UK towns: 95%. Across Wales’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 43%. Residents with no religion make up 38%, against 47% across Wales’s towns.
Kilgetty: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 98% of UK towns
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 64 residents. For unpaid carers, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 10%. Married adults and civil partners make up 48%, against 43% across Wales’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Kilgetty, 26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (20%).
Around Kilgetty, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgetty | 1,247 | — | 54.7 | 34% | 16% |
| Wooden | 1,300 | 1.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Saundersfoot | 2,515 | 1.9 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 16% |
| Tenby | 4,092 | 4.2 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 20% |
| Narberth | 2,365 | 4.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 23% |
| Whitland | 1,907 | 7.3 mi | 46 | 24% | 25% |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 9.6 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 10.2 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 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 Kilgetty’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 Kilgetty’s residents
What is the population of Kilgetty?
The 2021 Census counted 1,247 people in Kilgetty’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kilgetty?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kilgetty?
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 Kilgetty?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Kilgetty good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Kilgetty’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Kilgetty?
100 residents aged 3 and over, 8.2%, 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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