Photo: cowbridgeguide.co.uk · CC BY 3.0Half of Pendine is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
With households with dependent children at 22%, Pendine is behind 90% of UK towns on that count. The village counted 168 residents and 73 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 97% of residents describe themselves as White British locally. On households in terraced houses, Pendine sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 1.3%.
7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
65–69 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 2 times the share across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 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 109 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Pendine ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 0.7%
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 or semi-routine work; Pendine has 34% and 26%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 8% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6%.
One-person households make up 36% in Pendine, more than in 90% 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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of one-person households is 32%. Locally, 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Pendine: 18% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 80% 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
42% of households live in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns. Against that, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in three fifths of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 1.8%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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
Residents whose main language is English: 100% here and 96% across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
9.3% of Pendine’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 15, or 9.3% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 76% of them. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, a lower share than 72% 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 Pendine · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion tops 76% of UK towns: 45%. To put it in context, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 5.6%
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
In Pendine, 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 38% across Wales’s towns. Typically, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
19% of Pendine’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 35% have one at degree level (31%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Pendine
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Pendine’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 Pendine’s residents
What is the population of Pendine?
The 2021 Census counted 168 people in Pendine’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pendine?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pendine?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pendine?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Pendine good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pendine’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pendine?
15 residents aged 3 and over, 9.3%, 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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