Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 38% of Llandovery’s residents speak Welsh
The share of households with dependent children trails 91% of UK towns: 21%. The 2021 Census put Llandovery’s population at 1,455, in 636 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 39% locally. One-person households are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Llandovery’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
540 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 85% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Llandovery sits above 94% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (13%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns, Llandovery has 24%. With a median age of 44.7, Llandovery is older than 51% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Llandovery ranks above 96% of UK towns on full-time students: 9.3%
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 or semi-routine work; Llandovery has 22% and 32%. One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Against that, 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.
Llandovery households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 90% of UK towns
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.
Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2% in Llandovery.
More households in terraced houses than 92% of UK towns: 37%
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
Set against 24% across Wales’s towns, 16% of households live in a detached house in Llandovery. Households in flats account for 9.5%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 29% across Wales’s towns.
6.6% born outside the UK
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 whose main language is English make up 96%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (5.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). On residents born outside the UK, Llandovery sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 6.6%.
38% of people in Llandovery speak Welsh
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 540 people, 38% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 85% of Welsh towns. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
More residents with no religion than 74% of UK towns: 45%
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: 92% of Llandovery · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (5.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.5%). Set beside that, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 48% here, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 90% across Wales’s towns.
A larger share of adults who have never married than 82% of UK towns: 38%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 49 people. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 75% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 27% 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 Llandovery, 19%, while 27% hold one at degree level (31%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 16%.
The places around Llandovery
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandovery | 1,455 | — | 44.7 | 24% | 21% |
| Llandeilo | 1,788 | 11.4 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 21% |
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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 Llandovery’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 Llandovery’s residents
What is the population of Llandovery?
The 2021 Census counted 1,455 people in Llandovery’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llandovery?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llandovery?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llandovery?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Llandovery good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llandovery’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llandovery?
540 residents aged 3 and over, 38%, 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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