Photo: TR001 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Solva is over 53.2
Households with dependent children: 17% here and 27% across Wales’s towns. In Solva, 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. On unpaid carers, Solva sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 16%. The village is home to 654 residents in 321 households, by the 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns, at 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3% here and 12% across Wales’s towns. Elsewhere, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.3%, a lower share than 95% 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%.
By its share of full-time students (4.7%), Solva is below 56% of UK towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% across Wales’s towns.
Solva: 40% of households are one person living alone, above 99% 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.
At 2.8%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 32% across Wales’s towns. Average household size: 2.1 people.
12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 68% 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
The share of households in detached houses is 35%, against 24% across Wales’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, households without a car or van come to 21%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns, at 99%
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
5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 7.4% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in Africa (1.4%).
In Solva, 21% of residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 137 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 21% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 77% of them. In Dyfed, Tumble has the highest share (62%).
Solva ranks above 88% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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: 96% of Solva · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 47%, against 43% across Wales’s towns. At the same time, 46% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 83% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 90%. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.3%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
In Solva, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 77% 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
28 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across Wales’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 38%. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 52% of UK towns: 48%.
Degree-level qualifications: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (20%).
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Solva 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solva | 654 | — | 53.2 | 33% | 17% |
| St Davids | 1,345 | 2.8 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 16% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 10.7 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 11.1 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 11.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 11.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Solva’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 Solva’s residents
What is the population of Solva?
The 2021 Census counted 654 people in Solva’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Solva?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Solva?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Solva?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Solva good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Solva’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Solva?
137 residents aged 3 and over, 21%, 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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