Photo: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Catbrook is over 57.4
The share of households in terraced houses is 0.6%, against 29% across Wales’s towns. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 21% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. Catbrook had 386 residents in 164 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%), Catbrook is below 79% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 3.9% in Catbrook, less than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
6.5% of adults are full-time students, against 8% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.1% across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households: 16%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Wales’s towns, 2.3. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 55% of UK towns. One-person households make up 32% across Wales’s towns.
84% of households live in a detached house, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Across Wales’s towns, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Catbrook, 0.6%. The share of households in detached houses across Wales’s towns is 24%. Households without a car or van account for 4.3%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.8% in Catbrook, less than in 93% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in Africa (1%). Across Wales’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 7.4%. 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
Catbrook’s residents: 6.3% speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 24 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 6.3% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 98% of them. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 94% 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: 97% of Catbrook · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 39%, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Here, 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian. For comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Catbrook sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (20%)
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 13 people. Across the comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in three quarters of UK towns.
Among adults, 49% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 49% of adults in Catbrook, 31% across Wales’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 20%. The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
Every neighbour of Catbrook has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catbrook | 386 | — | 57.4 | 32% | 21% |
| Tutshill and Sedbury | 3,618 | 5.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Bream | 3,117 | 6.1 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 6.1 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 6.2 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Coleford | 5,023 | 6.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Raglan | 1,176 | 6.7 mi | 56 | 36% | 20% |
| Broadwell and Coalway | 3,304 | 7.1 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 26% |
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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.
- “Gwent’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gwent (or Wales), summed the same way as Catbrook’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 Catbrook’s residents
What is the population of Catbrook?
The 2021 Census counted 386 people in Catbrook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Catbrook?
The median age was 57.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Catbrook?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Catbrook?
39% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.6% didn’t answer.
Is Catbrook good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Catbrook’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Catbrook?
24 residents aged 3 and over, 6.3%, 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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