Photo: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.098% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
By its share of households in detached houses (45%), Letterston is above 85% of UK towns. The village has more residents aged 65 and over than 91% of UK towns, at 30%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 836, in 363 households. On the census count, 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A median age of 48.7: Letterston is older than 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
65–69 is the most common age band: 8% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. Locally, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.1% in Letterston, less 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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Letterston, 28% and 30%. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.1% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. Here, 5.2% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Letterston sits below 61% of UK towns for households with dependent children (26%)
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 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.3 across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. Across Letterston, nearly a third of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.2%, fewer than in 57% of UK towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 84% of UK towns: 9.6%
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
With households in terraced houses at 14%, Letterston is behind 76% of UK towns on that count. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 21% across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
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
Where 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns, Letterston has 100%. Across the comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%).
Welsh speakers: 34% of Letterston’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (273 people): more than in 84% of Welsh towns. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).
No religion: 40% of residents, a lower share than 54% 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: 98% of Letterston · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 50% in Letterston. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Wales’s towns: 47%.
Only 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Letterston
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 31. For comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 12%, more than in 94% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 53%, above just over four fifths of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Letterston, 18%, while 29% hold one at degree level (31%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Letterston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letterston | 836 | — | 48.7 | 30% | 26% |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 4.5 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 20% |
| Goodwick | 2,017 | 5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 23% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 7.4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 8.8 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 9.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| St Davids | 1,345 | 11.6 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 16% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 11.8 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Letterston’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 Letterston’s residents
What is the population of Letterston?
The 2021 Census counted 836 people in Letterston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Letterston?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Letterston?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 1.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Letterston?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Letterston good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Letterston’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Letterston?
273 residents aged 3 and over, 34%, 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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