Photo: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 55% of Pontyates’s residents speak Welsh
Households with dependent children make up 23%, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Pontyates is home to 1,475 residents in 656 households, by the 2021 Census. In Pontyates, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. At 8.7%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 92% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Pontyates’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
794 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).
Pontyates is older than 75% of UK towns: a median age of 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Pontyates is above 77% of UK towns. Meanwhile, on residents aged 15 to 24, Pontyates sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 9.2%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 94% 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 27% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 31% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). On average, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. Locally, 5.3% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 60% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
31% of households are one person living alone (Wales’s towns: 32%). Here, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
1.2% 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
By its share of households in detached houses (40%), Pontyates is above three quarters of UK towns. The usual figure: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns. Locally, 13% of households have no car or van.
2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 94% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 98% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns: 7.4%.
Welsh speakers make up 55% of Pontyates
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 794 people, 55% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 93% of Welsh towns. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
No religion: 49% of residents, a higher share than 91% 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 Pontyates · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.2%). Pontyates has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 81% of UK towns, at 44%. Typically, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
Pontyates ranks above 98% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 45% here and 43% across Wales’s towns. At 50 hours or more a week, 78 people give unpaid care. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 35% here, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of adults in Pontyates (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 24% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Pontyates
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontyates | 1,475 | — | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Carway | 1,401 | 1.8 mi | 34.6 | 13% | 34% |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 2.5 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
| Trimsaran | 2,190 | 2.7 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Kidwelly | 2,761 | 3.8 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 24% |
| Tumble | 4,040 | 4.7 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Pwll | 1,305 | 5 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 20% |
| Burry Port | 4,966 | 5.1 mi | 51 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Pontyates’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 Pontyates’s residents
What is the population of Pontyates?
The 2021 Census counted 1,475 people in Pontyates’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pontyates?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pontyates?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pontyates?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Pontyates good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pontyates’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pontyates?
794 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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