Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Peniel is over 55.9, older than 97% of UK towns
Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats is 14%; Peniel has 0.7%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 352, in 156 households. For Peniel, the census puts residents with no religion at 24%. 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns, at 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Wales’s towns. For comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.5% in Peniel, less than in 99% 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%.
Full-time students: 4.2% here and 8% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
Fewer families than 88% of UK towns: 22% of households have children
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Few places have so few one-person households: 29% here, fewer than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children.
Peniel ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 93%
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 in terraced houses: 1.3%, below 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 6.6% in Peniel.
2.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%) and in Africa (0.6%). The wider picture: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 98% of UK towns.
Welsh in Peniel: 68% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 234 residents aged 3 and over, 68%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 96% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 97% 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 Peniel · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.4% of residents. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Peniel sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 69%. Across Wales’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 90%.
Only 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Peniel
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 9. On average, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Peniel, 18%, while 45% hold one at degree level (31%).
No nearby town is as old as Peniel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peniel | 352 | — | 55.9 | 32% | 22% |
| Carmarthen | 16,448 | 2.9 mi | 40.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 7.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 8.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
| Pontyates | 1,475 | 9.5 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Tumble | 4,040 | 9.6 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 10.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 10.5 mi | 42.7 | 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 Peniel’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 Peniel’s residents
What is the population of Peniel?
The 2021 Census counted 352 people in Peniel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Peniel?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Peniel?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Peniel?
24% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Peniel good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Peniel’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Peniel?
234 residents aged 3 and over, 68%, 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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