Photo: Rose and Trev Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 61% of Pontyberem’s residents speak Welsh
3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment; across Wales’s towns the figure is 14%. Still, more residents who describe themselves as White British than in 99% of UK towns: 98%. Census day 2021: 1,484 residents and 630 households in Pontyberem. The census found that 13% of residents give unpaid care here.
What the Census says about Pontyberem’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
875 residents, 61% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 96% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents. Half of Pontyberem’s residents are over 47.6, older than in 72% of UK towns. As a reference point, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 68% of UK towns, at 4.4%
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%.
By class, 24% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Residents who moved in within the year: 8.3% of the total. To put it in context, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Pontyberem sits above 53% of UK towns for one-person households (30%)
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.5%, near enough the figure across Wales’s towns. Households average 2.3 people. 27% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 50% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 32% of households are one person living alone.
Below 90% of UK towns: 9.4% of households live in a terraced house
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
With households in detached houses at 27%, Pontyberem is behind 56% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. The census found that 15% of households have no car or van here.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 98% of UK towns: 2.2%
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
In Pontyberem, 100% of residents have English as their main language, beside 96% across Wales’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). The wider picture: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
61% of Pontyberem’s residents say they can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 875 residents aged 3 and over, 61%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 96% of Welsh towns. The highest share in Dyfed belongs to Tumble (62%).
More residents with no religion than 92% of UK towns: 49%
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: 98% of Pontyberem · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Pontyberem. On average, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 46%, a lower share than 60% 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
79 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 31% here, fewer than in 59% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 43% across Wales’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
25% of Pontyberem’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 26% have one at degree level (31%).
Pontyberem and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | — | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
| Tumble | 4,040 | 2.4 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Pontyates | 1,475 | 2.5 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Carway | 1,401 | 3.9 mi | 34.6 | 13% | 34% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 4.4 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Trimsaran | 2,190 | 5 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 5.6 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Kidwelly | 2,761 | 6.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Pontyberem’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 Pontyberem’s residents
What is the population of Pontyberem?
The 2021 Census counted 1,484 people in Pontyberem’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pontyberem?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pontyberem?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pontyberem?
49% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Pontyberem good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pontyberem’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pontyberem?
875 residents aged 3 and over, 61%, 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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