Photo: Liz Tipping · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 51% of Llanybydder’s residents speak Welsh
With a median age of 48.7, Llanybydder is older than 78% of UK towns. The village had 1,182 residents in 520 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 10%. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 85% in Llanybydder and 90% across Wales’s towns.
What the Census says about Llanybydder’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
584 residents, 51% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 92% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
More born abroad than most towns
13% of residents were born outside the UK, against 6% across Dyfed’s towns and 7.4% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (11%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 75% of UK towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.2%, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over 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
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 84% of UK towns: 6% of adults in Llanybydder
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%.
By class, 19% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 35% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Higher than in 57% of UK towns: 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 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.
Below 78% of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, households with dependent children come to 27%. In Llanybydder, 34% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 3.9%, more than in 91% of UK towns.
Households in detached houses make up 34% in Llanybydder, more than in 65% 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
Set against 14% across Wales’s towns, 9.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Llanybydder. The share of households without a car or van stands at 20%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 90%, a lower share than 92% 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 20%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for just over a fifth of residents born abroad, beside 23% across Wales’s towns. Residents born outside the UK account for 13%. As a yardstick, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
51% of people in Llanybydder speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 584 residents aged 3 and over, 51%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 92% of Welsh towns. Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
Llanybydder sits below 62% of UK towns for residents with no religion (39%)
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: 85% of Llanybydder · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.9% of residents. Elsewhere, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 50%, more than in 52% of UK towns.
Unpaid carers make up 11% in Llanybydder, more than in 91% 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
At 43%, married adults and civil partners sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. 46 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 34%, more than in 57% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, unpaid carers come to 10%.
Qualified to degree level: 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 24% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 26% hold no qualification (20%).
1 of the 3 nearest towns are older than Llanybydder
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Llanybydder’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 Llanybydder’s residents
What is the population of Llanybydder?
The 2021 Census counted 1,182 people in Llanybydder’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanybydder?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanybydder?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llanybydder?
39% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Llanybydder good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanybydder’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanybydder?
584 residents aged 3 and over, 51%, 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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