Photo: Bjenks · CC BY 3.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Llanon is over 52.4
Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 90%; Llanon has 97%. Fewer households with dependent children than in 92% of UK towns: 21%. 665 residents in 310 households: that is Llanon at the 2021 Census. Households in flats account for 5.1%.
Llanon: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s 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.
Llanon sits below 84% of UK towns for full-time students (4%)
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 89% of UK towns: 12%. The benchmark for full-time students across Wales’s towns: 8%.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 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.
Nothing unusual on one-person households: 32%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 3.2%, more than in 82% of UK towns.
In Llanon, 46% of households live in a detached house, more than in 85% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 29% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Llanon comes in at 18%. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns. In Llanon, 14% of households have no car or van.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 89% of UK towns: 3.2%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.5%). Typically, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 97% of UK towns: 99%.
In Llanon, 49% of residents can 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 313 people, 49% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 90% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 64% of UK towns, at 52%
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 Llanon · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.2%). On average, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. 41% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 53% of UK towns.
15% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
Some 34 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The wider picture: one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. At 47%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 54% of UK towns. Compared with 38% across Wales’s towns, 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
Degree-level qualifications reach 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (20%).
Around Llanon, 2 of 4 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanon | 665 | — | 52.4 | 32% | 21% |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 4.2 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 8.6 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 10.3 mi | 40.3 | 20% | 22% |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 10.4 mi | 25 | 14% | 19% |
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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 Llanon’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 Llanon’s residents
What is the population of Llanon?
The 2021 Census counted 665 people in Llanon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanon?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanon?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llanon?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Llanon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanon’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanon?
313 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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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