Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking town: 49% of Lampeter’s residents speak Welsh
Just over a third of adults are married or in a civil partnership (Wales’s towns: 43%). The 2021 Census put Lampeter’s population at 2,505, in 1,050 households. Locally, 38% of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 38.9, Lampeter is younger than 86% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Lampeter’s people
A student town
The 2021 Census counted 336 full-time students aged 16 and over, 16% of adults, against 8% across Wales’s towns: more than in 99% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 16% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
A Welsh-speaking town
1,189 residents, 49% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 90% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Lampeter at 3,000 in 2011 and 2,700 in 2024, down 9%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A town people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns, and 1% gave a term-time address. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, 99% of UK towns grew faster than Lampeter: −9%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Lampeter’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,000 people in 2011; 2,700 in 2024.
The 30 to 44 age group moved most (+13%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (−45%).
Lampeter ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Lower than in 51% of UK towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Lampeter, 38.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
In Lampeter, 16% of adults are full-time students, more than in 99% 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%.
Compared with 9.1% across Wales’s towns, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. On average, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 76% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Here, 27% of households have dependent children.
A larger share of households without a car or van than 87% of UK towns: 25%
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
29% of households live in a terraced house, about the same as across Wales’s towns. In Lampeter, 17% of households live in a flat or apartment. Every 4th household or so has no car or van.
Lampeter ranks above 87% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 16%
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 20%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 42% of those born abroad (against 23% across Wales’s towns). Residents whose main language is English account for 88%. The share of residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.
Speaking Welsh: 49% in Lampeter
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 1,189 people, 49% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 90% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
Below 83% of UK towns: 82% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 82% of Lampeter · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.2%. Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (48%), Lampeter is below 60% of UK towns.
A larger share of adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns: 46%
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 74 residents. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, more than in 53% of UK towns.
Qualified to degree level: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Lampeter, 32%, and 21% have none, against 20%. A levels are as far as 20% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
23rd lowest median age among 219 UK towns of 2,500 to 3,000
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 St Mary's Bay (60.8), the oldest. Nearest to Lampeter in age: Feltwell (38.5), Great Leighs (38.9), Newington (39.1) and Berinsfield (39.2).
Every nearby town is older than Lampeter
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lampeter | 2,505 | — | 38.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 4.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 11 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 11.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 11.6 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% |
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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 Lampeter’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Lampeter’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,505 people in 2021, against 2,505 in the built-up area.
- 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 Lampeter’s residents
What is the population of Lampeter?
The 2021 Census counted 2,505 people in Lampeter’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,700 people in mid-2024, 9% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Lampeter?
The median age was 38.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 86% of UK towns. 16% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
Is Lampeter a student town?
Yes: 16% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (336 people), against 8% across Wales’s towns.
How diverse is Lampeter?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lampeter?
39% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Lampeter good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Lampeter’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Lampeter?
1,189 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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