Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0More one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 41%
Against a figure of 27% across Wales’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Narberth comes in at 23%. Half of residents said they have no religion. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 86% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 2,365 residents in the village, living in 1,182 households.
What the Census says about Narberth’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
493 residents, 21% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 77% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Narberth sits above 75% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.5% of residents. 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 74% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 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
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns, at 11%
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%.
Full-time students: 4.7%, below 57% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
2 people per household, fewer than in 97% 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.
3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns, against 2.1% in Narberth.
A larger share of households in flats than 72% of UK towns: 16%
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 21% across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Narberth comes in at 18%. Across Wales’s towns, households in flats come to 14%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 28% here. Households in detached houses are rarer here than in 52% of UK towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 99%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%) and in EU countries (1.7%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for 13% of residents born abroad, beside 23% across Wales’s towns.
Welsh in Narberth: 21% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
21% of residents aged 3 and over, 493 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, more than in 77% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, a higher share than 64% 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: 94% of Narberth · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Chinese (0.3%). Across Wales’s towns, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British. Just over two in five residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
34% of adults have never married, more than in 60% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 77. Narberth has fewer unpaid carers than 51% of UK towns, at 9.3%. The wider picture: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Narberth, 35%, and 18% have none, against 20%.
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Narberth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narberth | 2,365 | — | 46 | 26% | 23% |
| Kilgetty | 1,247 | 4.7 mi | 54.7 | 34% | 16% |
| Whitland | 1,907 | 5.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 25% |
| Wooden | 1,300 | 5.8 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Saundersfoot | 2,515 | 6.6 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 16% |
| Tenby | 4,092 | 8.9 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 20% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 9.9 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 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 Narberth’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 Narberth’s residents
What is the population of Narberth?
The 2021 Census counted 2,365 people in Narberth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Narberth?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Narberth?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Narberth?
50% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Narberth good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Narberth’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Narberth?
493 residents aged 3 and over, 21%, 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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