Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents with no religion than 96% of UK towns: 52%
Households in flats: 3.6%, below 90% of UK towns. 641 residents in 278 households: that is Tal-y-bont at the 2021 Census. The share of adults who have never married stands at 41%. Lower than in 83% of UK towns: 9.8% of households have no car or van.
Tal-y-bont ranks below 64% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. With a median age of 45.8, Tal-y-bont is older than 60% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
5.7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 78% 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 class, 32% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. The benchmark for full-time students across Wales’s towns: 8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Tal-y-bont, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 73% 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.
In Tal-y-bont, 28% of households are one person living alone, beside 32% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. Locally, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in terraced houses make up 30% in Tal-y-bont, more than in 82% 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
Detached houses are home to a third of households, against 24% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, 29% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK: 3%, a lower share than 91% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). The share of residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns is 7.4%. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Welsh speakers: 56% of Tal-y-bont’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 356 residents aged 3 and over, 56%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 93% of Welsh towns. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
In Tal-y-bont, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 93% 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: 95% of Tal-y-bont · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns, against 95% in Tal-y-bont. Measured more widely, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.2%).
Fewer married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 42%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 15 people. The share of married adults and civil partners across Wales’s towns is 43%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 80% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 40% 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 Tal-y-bont, 15%, while 40% hold one at degree level (31%).
Around Tal-y-bont, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tal-y-bont | 641 | — | 45.8 | 20% | 25% |
| Borth | 1,115 | 2.9 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 18% |
| Penrhyn-coch | 1,378 | 3.4 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Bow Street | 1,101 | 3.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 6.4 mi | 25 | 14% | 19% |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 6.5 mi | 40.3 | 20% | 22% |
| Tywyn | 3,134 | 8 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 17% |
| Machynlleth | 2,161 | 9.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 23% |
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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 Tal-y-bont’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 Tal-y-bont’s residents
What is the population of Tal-y-bont?
The 2021 Census counted 641 people in Tal-y-bont’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tal-y-bont?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tal-y-bont?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tal-y-bont?
52% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.7% didn’t answer.
Is Tal-y-bont good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Tal-y-bont’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Tal-y-bont?
356 residents aged 3 and over, 56%, 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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