Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0Simpson Cross is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.9
18% of households have dependent children; across Wales’s towns the figure is 27%. There were 155 households in Simpson Cross at the 2021 Census, home to 327 residents. Locally, 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns.
37% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.5% in Simpson Cross and 12% across Wales’s towns. Typically, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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 2.4% of adults are full-time students in Simpson Cross
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%.
34% of Simpson Cross’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. Across Simpson Cross, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 92% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
Across Wales’s towns, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Simpson Cross, 4.5%. On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 74% of households
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
Set against 29% across Wales’s towns, 3.3% of households live in a terraced house in Simpson Cross. 0.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 74% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
In Simpson Cross, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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
Here 4% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 7.4%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across Wales’s towns: 96%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in Africa (1.5%).
Welsh in Simpson Cross: 15% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
15% of residents aged 3 and over, 48 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, more than in 67% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% 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: 98% of Simpson Cross · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Here two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 47%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 54% in Simpson Cross. As a yardstick, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Simpson Cross: 14% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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
Where 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns, Simpson Cross has 54%. 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 83% of UK towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Wales’s towns: 10%.
A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Simpson Cross, 17%, while 31% hold one at degree level (31%).
The towns around Simpson Cross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson Cross | 327 | — | 57.9 | 37% | 18% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 4.3 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 4.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 6 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 8.2 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 27% |
| St Davids | 1,345 | 9.1 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 16% |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 9.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 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 Simpson Cross’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 Simpson Cross’s residents
What is the population of Simpson Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 327 people in Simpson Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Simpson Cross?
The median age was 57.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Simpson Cross?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Simpson Cross?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Simpson Cross good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Simpson Cross’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Simpson Cross?
48 residents aged 3 and over, 15%, 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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