Photo: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.0Meidrim is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.4
The share of households in detached houses tops 95% of UK towns: 58%. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 5.3% of households have no car or van. The 2021 Census put Meidrim’s population at 280, in 114 households. The census found that 97% of residents describe themselves as White British locally.
Fewer young people than 97% of UK towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 31%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Meidrim
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 figure for full-time students is 4.7% in Meidrim and 8% across Wales’s towns. Against that, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
Below 87% of UK towns: 25% 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.
In Meidrim the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 24%. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 64% of UK towns.
In Meidrim, 7.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 93% 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, 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Meidrim. On average, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
Meidrim ranks below 78% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.9%
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 Meidrim, 99% of residents have English as their main language, beside 96% across Wales’s towns. Typically, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) or in Africa (1.4%).
A Welsh-speaking share of 48% in Meidrim
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 127 residents aged 3 and over, 48%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).
Meidrim sits below 67% of UK towns for residents with no religion (38%)
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 Meidrim · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (51%), Meidrim is above 61% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
In Meidrim, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across Wales’s towns the figure is 38%. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 64% of UK towns. Set beside that, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 9 residents.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Meidrim’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 23% have none (20%).
Meidrim is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meidrim | 280 | — | 52.4 | 31% | 24% |
| St Clears | 1,787 | 2.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 27% |
| Whitland | 1,907 | 6.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 25% |
| Carmarthen | 16,448 | 7.3 mi | 40.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Kidwelly | 2,761 | 11.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 24% |
| Narberth | 2,365 | 11.8 mi | 46 | 26% | 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 Meidrim’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 Meidrim’s residents
What is the population of Meidrim?
The 2021 Census counted 280 people in Meidrim’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Meidrim?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Meidrim?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Meidrim?
38% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.6% didn’t answer.
Is Meidrim good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Meidrim’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Meidrim?
127 residents aged 3 and over, 48%, 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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