Photo: Cered · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Llechryd is over 53.7, older than 95% of UK towns
With households with dependent children at 18%, Llechryd is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. In 2021, the Census found 880 residents here, living in 426 households. Households in detached houses: 59% of the total. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 6.5%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. For Llechryd, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9%.
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.
Only 4.1% of adults are full-time students in Llechryd
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 29% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 25% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). The benchmark for full-time students across Wales’s towns: 8%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9%.
Above 96% of UK towns: 38% of households are one person living alone
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.
At 3.1%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of one-person households is 32%.
Below 82% of UK towns: 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Where 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns, Llechryd has 11%. Against that, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns: 2.8%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%. More residents whose main language is English than in 99% of UK towns: 100%.
Welsh speakers make up 47% of Llechryd
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 408 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 47% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of them. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 97% 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 Llechryd · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 43%, against 47% across Wales’s towns. For Llechryd, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 48%. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Llechryd: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 98% 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
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across Wales’s towns the figure is 43%. Across Wales’s towns, unpaid carers come to 10%. Here, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications reach 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 31% of adults in Llechryd, 31% across Wales’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 20%.
Of the 4 towns nearest Llechryd, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llechryd | 880 | — | 53.7 | 32% | 18% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 2.5 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 3.3 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 5.3 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 6.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Llechryd’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 Llechryd’s residents
What is the population of Llechryd?
The 2021 Census counted 880 people in Llechryd’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llechryd?
The median age was 53.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llechryd?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llechryd?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Llechryd good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llechryd’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llechryd?
408 residents aged 3 and over, 47%, 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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