Photo: Chris Andrews · CC BY-SA 2.039% of households are one person living alone, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
The median age in Tregaron is 50.7, higher than in 88% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 878 residents in the village, living in 422 households. The share of households with dependent children stands at 22%. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 24%; Tregaron has 45%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across Wales’s towns, 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Tregaron sits below 93% of UK towns for full-time students (3.6%)
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%.
On residents who moved in within the year, 9.5% here is much the same as across Wales’s towns. For comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 91% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6%, about the same as across Wales’s towns.
Tregaron sits below 83% of UK towns for households in flats (5%)
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
Households without a car or van: 16% here and 21% across Wales’s towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 14%. The census found that 15% of households live in a terraced house in Tregaron.
2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 94% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). Measured more widely, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language.
62% of people in Tregaron speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
528 residents, 62% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 96% of Welsh towns. The highest share in Dyfed belongs to Tumble (62%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 90% 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: 96% of Tregaron · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Just over two in five residents said they have no religion (Wales’s towns: 47%). After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Caribbean (0.1%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 50%, more than in 55% of UK towns.
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 73% 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
For 31 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. More unpaid carers than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 10%. The figure for adults who have never married is 33% in Tregaron and 38% across Wales’s towns.
31% of adults are qualified to degree level
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 Tregaron, 19%, while 31% hold one at degree level (31%).
The places around Tregaron
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tregaron | 878 | — | 50.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Lampeter | 2,505 | 9.6 mi | 38.9 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Tregaron’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 Tregaron’s residents
What is the population of Tregaron?
The 2021 Census counted 878 people in Tregaron’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tregaron?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tregaron?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tregaron?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Tregaron good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Tregaron’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Tregaron?
528 residents aged 3 and over, 62%, 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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