Photo: Simon Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 0.5%
By its share of households without a car or van (6.1%), Roch is below 97% of UK towns. Still, residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 487 residents and 215 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 51.6. 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Half of Roch is over 51.6, older than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with 9.9% of residents, 1.8 times the share 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Only 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Roch
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%.
Against a figure of 8% across Wales’s towns, the share of full-time students in Roch comes in at 6%. For comparison, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Roch
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.
Set against 32% across Wales’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone in Roch. The wider picture: 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. At 27%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 52% of UK towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 68%
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 flats (1.4%), Roch is below 99% of UK towns. Households in detached houses make up 24% across Wales’s towns.
Roch sits below 90% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.1%)
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 share of residents whose main language is English is 99%, against 96% across Wales’s towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 7.4% across Wales’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Roch’s residents: 11% speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 54 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 11% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 52% of them. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 62% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Roch · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.2%). 39% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 60% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 90% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 5. Elsewhere, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. At 53%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.4%, from the figure across Wales’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Roch’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (31%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Roch, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roch | 487 | — | 51.6 | 28% | 27% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 5.5 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 5.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 6.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 7.3 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| St Davids | 1,345 | 8 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 16% |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 9.4 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 10.9 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 20% |
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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 Roch’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 Roch’s residents
What is the population of Roch?
The 2021 Census counted 487 people in Roch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Roch?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Roch?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Roch?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Roch good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Roch’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Roch?
54 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, 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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