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52.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Laugharne is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6

The share of households in terraced houses tops 88% of UK towns: 33%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 13% in Laugharne. Fewer households with dependent children than in 95% of UK towns: 20%. There were 335 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 710 residents.

26%aged 65 or over 4%born abroad 335households

Ages

8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 81% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

LaugharneWales’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Wales’s towns. On the census count, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6433%

65 and over26%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Laugharne

Wales

WomenMen

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.

Students & newcomers

6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 92% 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

Full-time students4.6%

Higher managerial and professional7.6%

Lower managerial and professional19%

Intermediate9.5%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical7.4%

Semi-routine14%

Routine15%

Never worked or long-term unemployed9.2%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Laugharne

6.7%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.5%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

1.3× Wales’s share

8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns, against 4.6% in Laugharne. Across Wales’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 18%Living alone, under 66 19%Families with dependent children 20%Couples and families, no young children 40%Shared houses and other 3%

Against Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns

Laugharne

Dyfed’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person36%

2 people36%

3 people12%

4 people11%

5 or more4.1%

Wales’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across Wales’s towns: 3%. Across Wales’s towns, 32% of households are one person living alone. There are 2.1 people in the average household.

Homes & cars

19% of households have no car or van, more than in 67% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Laugharne

Dyfed’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van19%

One47%

Two26%

Three or more8.5%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Detached houses are home to 23% of households, against 24% across Wales’s towns. On households in flats, Laugharne sits lower than 52% of UK towns: 10%. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 21% across Wales’s towns.

Where people were born

Laugharne sits above 95% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)

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%

Laugharne

Dyfed’s towns

Wales’s towns

7.4%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 4% of residents were born outside the UK. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 96%.

Welsh language

Can speak Welsh: 22% of Laugharne’s residents

Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh22%

Can speak, read and write Welsh15%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)41%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Asked in 2021, 154 residents aged 3 and over, 22%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 78% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.

Ethnicity & religion

Laugharne: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 97% 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

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Other White1.6%

Asian1%

Mixed0.4%

Black0%

Other0%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 97% of Laugharne · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

No religion44%

Christian48%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion1.1%

Didn’t answer5.5%

0%30%60%

48% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across Wales’s towns the figure is 43%. To put it in context, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 44%.

Relationships & caring

Only 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Laugharne

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership32%

Married or civil partnership43%

Separated3.3%

Divorced14%

Widowed7.6%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

91residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week7%

20 to 49 hours2.8%

50 hours or more3.5%

Laugharne sits close to the norm on married adults and civil partners: 43%, about the same as across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Some 24 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 32% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications21%

Apprenticeship5.6%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level32%

LaugharneDyfed’s townsWales’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of adults in Laugharne (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 21% (Wales’s towns: 20%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Laugharne

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

St ClearsKidwellyWhitlandCarmarthenPembreyTrimsaranPontyatesLaugharne

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Laugharne	710	—	52.6	26%	20%
St Clears	1,787	3.6 mi	43	23%	27%
Kidwelly	2,761	7.2 mi	49.1	27%	24%
Whitland	1,907	7.3 mi	46	24%	25%
Carmarthen	16,448	8.8 mi	40.3	21%	27%
Pembrey	2,094	9.8 mi	52.5	30%	22%
Trimsaran	2,190	9.9 mi	44.2	23%	28%
Pontyates	1,475	10.3 mi	48.2	26%	23%

More about Laugharne’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Laugharne’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 Laugharne’s residents

What is the population of Laugharne?

The 2021 Census counted 710 people in Laugharne’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Laugharne?

The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Laugharne?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Laugharne?

44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.

Is Laugharne good for families?

20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Laugharne’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Laugharne?

154 residents aged 3 and over, 22%, 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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