Photo: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0Waungilwen ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 2.2%
The figure for households in detached houses is 44% in Waungilwen and 24% across Wales’s towns. The village counted 719 residents and 322 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 47% of residents said they have no religion here. One-person households are more common here than in 79% of UK towns.
A young village: 11% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.3, Waungilwen is older than 56% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%. The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns, at 6.6%
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%.
In Waungilwen, 26% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For Waungilwen, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.9%. Across the comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Waungilwen sits above 85% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (3.4%)
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.
Across Wales’s towns, households average 2.3 people; in Waungilwen, 2.3. Measured more widely, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 28% here.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 68% of UK towns: 16%
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
21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns, against 15% in Waungilwen. By way of comparison, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 88% 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
Born outside the UK: 4.6% of residents, against 7.4% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Welsh speakers: 51% of Waungilwen’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 361, or 51% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 92% of them. Within Dyfed, Tumble has the largest share, 62%.
Waungilwen sits below 79% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (45%)
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: 94% of Waungilwen · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Caribbean (0.1%). Measured more widely, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 66% of UK towns: 94%.
Waungilwen ranks below 72% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 45%
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
The share of adults who have never married tops 69% of UK towns: 36%. Typically, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Unpaid carers: nearly a tenth of the total.
29% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Waungilwen’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 19% have none (20%). Many of the 18% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Waungilwen sits below 5 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waungilwen | 719 | — | 45.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 3.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 3.9 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 5.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 9.7 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 11 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 11.8 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
| Carmarthen | 16,448 | 12 mi | 40.3 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Waungilwen’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 Waungilwen’s residents
What is the population of Waungilwen?
The 2021 Census counted 719 people in Waungilwen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Waungilwen?
The median age was 45.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Waungilwen?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Waungilwen?
47% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Waungilwen good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Waungilwen’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Waungilwen?
361 residents aged 3 and over, 51%, 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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