Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 15% in Waterston, less than in 99% of UK towns
With a median age of 52.6, Waterston is older than 93% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Waterston was home to 274 people in 123 households. Locally, 3.2% of households live in a terraced house. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats is 14%; Waterston has 2.4%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 14% of residents, 2 times the share across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Only 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Waterston
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%.
4.7% of adults are full-time students (Wales’s towns: 8%). Across Wales’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 82% 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.
Set against 32% across Wales’s towns, 33% of households are one person living alone in Waterston. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.1% of the total.
Households in detached houses: 45%, a higher share than 85% 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
Against a figure of 21% across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Waterston comes in at 13%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 24%.
4% born outside the UK, fewer than in 77% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). As a yardstick, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in nearly three fifths of UK towns.
Waterston’s Welsh speakers make up 9.7% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 9.7% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (26 people): fewer than in 73% of Welsh towns. Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
Residents with no religion make up 36% in Waterston, less than in 78% 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 Waterston · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 93% across Dyfed’s towns and 90% across Wales’s towns. For comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. In Waterston, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
In Waterston, 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 98% 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
Adults who have never married make up 36%, against 38% across Wales’s towns. The share of unpaid carers across Wales’s towns is 10%. Locally, 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Waterston, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (20%).
No nearby town is as old as Waterston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterston | 274 | — | 52.6 | 26% | 15% |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 1.4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 2.2 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 2.4 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 3.1 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 3.9 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 6.2 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 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 Waterston’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 Waterston’s residents
What is the population of Waterston?
The 2021 Census counted 274 people in Waterston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Waterston?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Waterston?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Waterston?
36% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Waterston good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Waterston’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Waterston?
26 residents aged 3 and over, 9.7%, 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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