Photo: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Spittal is over 52.4
Compared with 32% across Wales’s towns, 18% of households are one person living alone here. Spittal counted 479 residents and 199 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 4% of households live in a terraced house. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Spittal ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 86% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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%.
At 9.5%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Larger households than 78% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Wales’s towns the figure is 3.1%. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Spittal.
Only 4% of households in Spittal have no car or van
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
In Spittal, 75% of households live in a detached house, beside 24% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
Above 97% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). Set beside that, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 3.8%.
Spittal’s Welsh speakers make up 15% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 71 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 15% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 68% of them. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 92% 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: 96% of Spittal · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.2%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 94% of UK towns. In Spittal, 34% of residents said they have no religion, beside 47% across Wales’s towns.
65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 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
Unpaid carers: 12%, above 95% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 21%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Spittal counts 43% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (20%).
No nearby town is as old as Spittal
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spittal | 479 | — | 52.4 | 28% | 27% |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 3 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 4.9 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 5.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 8.1 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 8.6 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 20% |
| Goodwick | 2,017 | 9.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 23% |
| Narberth | 2,365 | 9.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 23% |
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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 Spittal’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 Spittal’s residents
What is the population of Spittal?
The 2021 Census counted 479 people in Spittal’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Spittal?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Spittal?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Spittal?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Spittal good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Spittal’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Spittal?
71 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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