Photo: Bjenks · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 2.6%
Against a figure of 90% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Ystrad Aeron comes in at 97%. 626 residents in 279 households: that is Ystrad Aeron at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 60% locally. At 8.1%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 91% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27% in Ystrad Aeron, more than in 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.5% of residents. The median age in Ystrad Aeron is 48.2, higher than in 75% of UK towns. For comparison, 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%.
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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 5%
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%.
By class, nearly a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Full-time students: 4.4% of the total. The usual figure: 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
One-person households make up 28% in Ystrad Aeron, less than in 64% 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.
At 2.2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.
3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 92% 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
One in ten households have no car or van (Wales’s towns: 21%). Across Wales’s towns, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment.
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%) or in EU countries (0.6%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
A Welsh-speaking share of 60% in Ystrad Aeron
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 368 people, 60% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 95% of Welsh towns. Tumble leads Dyfed with 62%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns: 55%
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: 97% of Ystrad Aeron · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 37% in Ystrad Aeron and 47% across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 43% across Wales’s towns.
Ystrad Aeron ranks above 98% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%
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
34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (Wales’s towns: 38%). The census found that 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Ystrad Aeron. To put it in context, one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns.
29% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 29% of adults in Ystrad Aeron, 31% across Wales’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 20%.
A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Ystrad Aeron
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ystrad Aeron | 626 | — | 48.2 | 27% | 28% |
| Lampeter | 2,505 | 5.4 mi | 38.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 6.3 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 7.4 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 8.4 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 11.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
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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 Ystrad Aeron’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 Ystrad Aeron’s residents
What is the population of Ystrad Aeron?
The 2021 Census counted 626 people in Ystrad Aeron’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ystrad Aeron?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ystrad Aeron?
97% 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 Ystrad Aeron?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ystrad Aeron good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Ystrad Aeron’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Ystrad Aeron?
368 residents aged 3 and over, 60%, 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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