Photo: John Fielding · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Here 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 12%. The 2021 Census counted 353 residents in 146 households. Households in detached houses: half of the total. At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in four fifths of UK towns.
Older than 74% of UK towns: half of Llanrhystud is over 48
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 26% of residents are 65 or over here. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share 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.
Only 2.5% of adults are full-time students in Llanrhystud
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Across Llanrhystud, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
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.
Households in Llanrhystud hold 2.4 people on average (Wales’s towns: 2.3). The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across Wales’s towns: 3.1%. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
Llanrhystud ranks below 76% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 11%
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
19% of households live in a terraced house (Wales’s towns: 29%). Against that, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 78% 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
In Llanrhystud, 99% of residents have English as their main language, beside 96% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Welsh, spoken by 57% of Llanrhystud’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 190 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 57% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 94% of them. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Llanrhystud · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.3%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. On residents with no religion, Llanrhystud sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 38%. Christians make up 52% of residents, against 43% across Wales’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns, at 56%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 10 residents. By way of comparison, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 28% here, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. With unpaid carers at 11%, Llanrhystud is ahead of 84% of UK towns on that count.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
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 Llanrhystud, 11%, while 43% hold one at degree level (31%).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Llanrhystud
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanrhystud | 353 | — | 48 | 26% | 28% |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 6.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 8 mi | 40.3 | 20% | 22% |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 8.1 mi | 25 | 14% | 19% |
| Bow Street | 1,101 | 10.9 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 11 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Penrhyn-coch | 1,378 | 11.3 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
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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 Llanrhystud’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 Llanrhystud’s residents
What is the population of Llanrhystud?
The 2021 Census counted 353 people in Llanrhystud’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanrhystud?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanrhystud?
95% 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 Llanrhystud?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.7% didn’t answer.
Is Llanrhystud good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanrhystud’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanrhystud?
190 residents aged 3 and over, 57%, 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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