Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person homes: 35% of households in Pembroke
Against a figure of 10% across Wales’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Pembroke comes in at 12%. More residents aged 65 and over than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 26%. This Dyfed town counted 7,963 residents and 3,679 households at the 2021 Census. In Pembroke, 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Since 2011, Pembroke has changed by +4%, slower than 67% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Pembroke’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,600 people in 2011; 7,900 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+27%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (−7%). Between mid-2018 and mid-2019 the population rose by 130, its biggest one-year gain.
Half of Pembroke is over 46.4, older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 7.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pembroke, 46.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Pembroke sits below 61% of UK towns for full-time students (4.6%)
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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Pembroke, 24% and 31%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 53% of UK towns. Full-time students: 8% across Wales’s towns, for comparison.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 86% 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.
Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children; in Pembroke, 25%.
Pembroke: 26% of households live in a terraced house, above 74% 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
The figure for households without a car or van is 19% in Pembroke and 21% across Wales’s towns. Here, just over a third of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, households in flats are common here: 12%, more than in 56% of UK towns. Households in terraced houses make up 29% across Wales’s towns.
Pembroke ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Against that, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 23% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 19%.
8.2% of Pembroke’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 639 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 8.2% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 84% of them. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
No religion: 44% of residents, a higher share than 73% 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: 93% of Pembroke · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 48% in Pembroke. On average, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% of the total.
In Pembroke, 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 72% 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: 346. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 43% across Wales’s towns. More adults who have never married than in 55% of UK towns: 33%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Pembroke counts 28% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 21% have no qualification (20%).
Of 424 UK towns its size (6,000 to 11,000 people), the 154th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Pembroke in age: Ottery St Mary (46.3), Otford and Kemsing (46.4), Seaton Delaval (46.5) and Pelton and Ouston (46.5).
Pembroke is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke | 7,963 | — | 46.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 1.5 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 2.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 5.8 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 6.6 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 8.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Wooden | 1,300 | 8.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Tenby | 4,092 | 8.8 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 20% |
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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 Pembroke’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Pembroke’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,963 people in 2021, against 7,963 in the built-up area.
- 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 Pembroke’s residents
What is the population of Pembroke?
The 2021 Census counted 7,963 people in Pembroke’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,900 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Pembroke?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pembroke?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pembroke?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pembroke good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pembroke’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pembroke?
639 residents aged 3 and over, 8.2%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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