Photo: Nigel Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 55% of Penrhyn-coch’s residents speak Welsh
Households in detached houses: 47% here and 24% across Wales’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,378 residents and 590 households in Penrhyn-coch. On the census count, 7.1% of households have no car or van. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Penrhyn-coch’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
740 residents, 55% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 93% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Penrhyn-coch is younger than 67% of UK towns: a median age of 42.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5.9% in Penrhyn-coch, more than in 83% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 41% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Here, 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across the comparison, 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.
1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 98% 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.
Families with dependent children are 29% of households (Wales’s towns 27%), and 14% are someone 66 or over living alone (Dyfed’s towns 16%). The share of shared households of unrelated adults across Wales’s towns is 3.1%. Average household size: 2.4 people.
0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% 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
Against a figure of 29% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Penrhyn-coch comes in at 11%. Households in flats make up 14% across Wales’s towns.
Penrhyn-coch sits above 54% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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 born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3%), then in Africa (1.8%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 96%. 6% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 53% of UK towns.
Can speak Welsh: 55% of Penrhyn-coch’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 55% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (740 people): more than in 93% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
Penrhyn-coch ranks above 73% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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 Penrhyn-coch · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 40% here and 47% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns is 43%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.9%), African (1.5%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). At 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 54% of UK towns.
Penrhyn-coch: 34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 63% 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
In Penrhyn-coch, 11% of residents give unpaid care, beside 10% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, adults who have never married come to 38%. Married adults and civil partners account for 48%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 40% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (20%).
Penrhyn-coch sits below 3 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn-coch | 1,378 | — | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Bow Street | 1,101 | 1.6 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 3.6 mi | 40.3 | 20% | 22% |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 3.8 mi | 25 | 14% | 19% |
| Borth | 1,115 | 4.1 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 18% |
| Tywyn | 3,134 | 10.8 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 17% |
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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 Penrhyn-coch’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 Penrhyn-coch’s residents
What is the population of Penrhyn-coch?
The 2021 Census counted 1,378 people in Penrhyn-coch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Penrhyn-coch?
The median age was 42.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Penrhyn-coch?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Penrhyn-coch?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Penrhyn-coch good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Penrhyn-coch’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Penrhyn-coch?
740 residents aged 3 and over, 55%, 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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