Photo: Alwyn Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 50% of Pencader’s residents speak Welsh
97% of residents describe themselves as White British; across Wales’s towns the figure is 90%. There were 460 households in Pencader at the 2021 Census, home to 1,061 residents. The census found that 11% of households live in a terraced house locally. At 4.8%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 84% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Pencader’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
516 residents, 50% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 92% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Pencader, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. In Pencader, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The median age here is 44.5, higher than in 50% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
6.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 88% of UK towns
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%.
20% of Pencader’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. At 9%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 55% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 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.
25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 74% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.1%, about the same as across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 32%, more than in 65% of UK towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across Wales’s towns: 27%.
43% of households live in a detached house, more than in 81% 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
Households without a car or van: 13% here and 21% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house.
Only 2.6% of residents were born outside the UK in Pencader
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 62% of UK towns: 98%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 7.4% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
50% of Pencader’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 516 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 50% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 92% of them. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 44% in Pencader, less than in 83% 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 Pencader · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 47%. Set beside that, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Indian (0.2%).
13% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 38% across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. For Pencader, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 45%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
24% of Pencader’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have none (20%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 17%.
Pencader and its 5 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pencader | 1,061 | — | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 3.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 7.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 9.1 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Carmarthen | 16,448 | 9.9 mi | 40.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Lampeter | 2,505 | 11.3 mi | 38.9 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Pencader’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 Pencader’s residents
What is the population of Pencader?
The 2021 Census counted 1,061 people in Pencader’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pencader?
The median age was 44.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pencader?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pencader?
47% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Pencader good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pencader’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pencader?
516 residents aged 3 and over, 50%, 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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