Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking town: 62% of Tumble’s residents speak Welsh
In Tumble, 3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 14% across Wales’s towns. This Dyfed town had 4,040 residents and 1,734 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.5 (older than 58% of UK towns). Locally, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. 15% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 71% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tumble’s people
A Welsh-speaking town
2,438 residents, 62% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 96% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Tumble, more than in 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.1% of residents. The median age in Tumble is 45.5, higher than in 58% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. In Saundersfoot, the oldest of Dyfed’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tumble, 45.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
More students than 77% of UK towns: 5.6% of adults in Tumble
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for a quarter of Tumble’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 31%, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.8% here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Tumble, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% 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.
26% of households have dependent children, against 27% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 67% of UK towns, at 12%
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 24% across Wales’s towns, 34% of households live in a detached house in Tumble. Every 8th household or so has no car or van.
Tumble sits below 96% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.6%)
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. As a reference point, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, nearly a quarter of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 16%.
Welsh, spoken by 62% of Tumble’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 2,438 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 62% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 96% of them. It is the highest share of Dyfed’s 23 towns of 2,500+.
Above 92% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Tumble · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Tumble. On the census count, 46% of residents said they have no religion. For comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 49%, a higher share than 56% 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
On adults who have never married, Tumble sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 33%. Elsewhere, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of Tumble’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have no qualification (20%).
220th lowest median age among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Tumble in age: Pangbourne (45.5), Telscombe Cliffs (45.5), Gobowen (45.6) and Pinchbeck (45.6).
Older than Tumble: 6 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumble | 4,040 | — | 45.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 6,339 | 2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Pontyberem | 1,484 | 2.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 27% |
| Capel Hendre | 1,143 | 3.3 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Tycroes | 2,480 | 4.5 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Pontyates | 1,475 | 4.7 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Penybanc | 1,165 | 4.9 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 25% |
| Llandybie | 2,563 | 5.3 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 29% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Tumble’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 Tumble’s residents
What is the population of Tumble?
The 2021 Census counted 4,040 people in Tumble’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tumble?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tumble?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tumble?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Tumble good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Tumble’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Tumble?
2,438 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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