Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wooden is over 51.9, older than 92% of UK towns
Households in detached houses make up 60%, against 24% across Wales’s towns. The 2021 Census put Wooden’s population at 1,300, in 586 households. The census found that 2.2% of households live in a terraced house in the village. The village has fewer adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns, at 27%.
What the Census says about Wooden’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wooden’s residents are under 51.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
170 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 14% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer young people than 95% of UK towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 21% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Wooden comes in at 31%. Across Wales’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.8% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 91% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
At 8.2%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. For comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 91% of UK towns: 21%
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.
Compared with 32% across Wales’s towns, just over a third of households are one person living alone here. For households with dependent children, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 27%. Average household size: 2.2 people. Wooden has more shared households of unrelated adults than 61% of UK towns, at 2.6%.
Only 12% of households have no car or van in Wooden
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 in flats: 7.7% here and 14% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 21% across Wales’s towns.
Wooden ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across Wales’s towns: 96%. At 6.9%, residents born outside the UK sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns.
Welsh speakers: 12% of Wooden’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 147 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 12% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 50% of them. No town in Dyfed beats Tumble (62%).
Wooden sits below 64% of UK towns for residents with no religion (39%)
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: 93% of Wooden · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.5%). As a yardstick, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 51%, against 43% across Wales’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 14% of residents
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
Where 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns, Wooden has 50%. For comparison, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of adults in Wooden (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 22% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Wooden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden | 1,300 | — | 51.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Kilgetty | 1,247 | 1.3 mi | 54.7 | 34% | 16% |
| Saundersfoot | 2,515 | 1.4 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 16% |
| Tenby | 4,092 | 3.1 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 20% |
| Narberth | 2,365 | 5.8 mi | 46 | 26% | 23% |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 8.5 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Whitland | 1,907 | 8.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 25% |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 9.3 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 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 Wooden’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 Wooden’s residents
What is the population of Wooden?
The 2021 Census counted 1,300 people in Wooden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wooden?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wooden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wooden?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Wooden good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Wooden’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Wooden?
147 residents aged 3 and over, 12%, 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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