Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 59% of Llandysul’s residents speak Welsh
One-person households make up 42%, against 32% across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. 27% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 80% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,321 residents in Llandysul, living in 648 households.
What the Census says about Llandysul’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
765 residents, 59% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 94% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Llandysul is older than 80% of UK towns: a median age of 49.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 12% across Wales’s towns. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Llandysul ranks above 62% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.1%
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%.
In Llandysul, 30% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%. On the census count, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer families than 88% of UK towns: 22% of households have children
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 people. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.5%, more than in 57% of UK towns. The wider picture: 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 55% of UK towns, at 31%
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
14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns, against 13% in Llandysul. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 19% here. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 15%, fewer than in 50% of UK towns.
Llandysul: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 93% 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
Here 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 7.4%. Against that, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Llandysul’s residents: 59% speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 765 residents aged 3 and over, 59%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 94% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%, a higher share than 58% 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: 97% of Llandysul · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.5%). 41% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 51% of UK towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 12% in Llandysul, more than in 97% 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
51 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across Wales’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care. Llandysul has fewer married adults and civil partners than 77% of UK towns, at 44%. By contrast, by its share of adults who have never married (34%), Llandysul is above 63% of UK towns.
33% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Llandysul (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 19% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Llandysul are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandysul | 1,321 | — | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 3.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 6.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 7.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Lampeter | 2,505 | 11 mi | 38.9 | 22% | 27% |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 11.4 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 11.7 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
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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 Llandysul’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 Llandysul’s residents
What is the population of Llandysul?
The 2021 Census counted 1,321 people in Llandysul’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llandysul?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llandysul?
97% 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 Llandysul?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Llandysul good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llandysul’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llandysul?
765 residents aged 3 and over, 59%, 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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