Photo: Cered · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.9: Penparc is older than 97% of UK towns
Across Wales’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care; in Penparc, 13%. Locally, 70% of households live in a detached house. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 487 residents here, living in 233 households.
35% of Penparc is 65 or over, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%, against 12% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns: 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 26% of Penparc’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.1%. Full-time students account for 4.2%.
Penparc households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 95% 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% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across Wales’s towns. At 34%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 84% of UK towns.
In Penparc, 5.6% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 97% 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 make up 12%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Penparc has fewer households in flats than 93% of UK towns, at 3%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 29% across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns, at 1.2%
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
Across Wales’s towns, 96% of residents have English as their main language; in Penparc, 100%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (0.6%) and in EU countries (0.4%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.
Penparc’s residents: 60% speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
60% of residents aged 3 and over, 288 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, more than in 95% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). The highest share in Dyfed belongs to Tumble (62%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 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 Penparc · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1% of residents. Penparc has fewer residents with no religion than 86% of UK towns, at 33%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns is 90%. The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 58% in Penparc and 43% across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns: 25%
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 share of married adults and civil partners is 54%, against 43% across Wales’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 17 people. For adults who have never married, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 38%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Penparc (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 19% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
The towns around Penparc are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penparc | 487 | — | 55.9 | 35% | 16% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 2.1 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 3.1 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 3.7 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 7.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Penparc’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 Penparc’s residents
What is the population of Penparc?
The 2021 Census counted 487 people in Penparc’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Penparc?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Penparc?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 1.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Penparc?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Penparc good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Penparc’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Penparc?
288 residents aged 3 and over, 60%, 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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