Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 77%
The median age in Cwmfelinfach is 40.4, lower than in 78% of UK towns. The village’s 592 households held 1,353 residents at the 2021 Census. In Cwmfelinfach, 6.4% of households live in a detached house. Where 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns, Cwmfelinfach has 97%.
What the Census says about Cwmfelinfach’s people
More with no religion than most
64% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 31% Christian, against 47% and 43% across Wales’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 81% of UK towns, at 17%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Wales’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. Set beside that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 5.9% of adults study full-time
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%.
24% of Cwmfelinfach’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 35% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.9% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, full-time students come to 8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 59% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 68% of UK towns: 2%. Census figures put one-person households at 31% in Cwmfelinfach.
Cwmfelinfach ranks below 87% of UK towns on households in flats: 4.2%
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
In Cwmfelinfach, 16% of households have no car or van. Elsewhere, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
Only 2.5% of Cwmfelinfach’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 96%; Cwmfelinfach has 99%. Set beside that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Welsh, spoken by 8.6% of Cwmfelinfach’s residents
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 113 people, 8.6% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: fewer than in 82% of Welsh towns. No town in Gwent beats Abertridwr and Senghenydd (14%).
64% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 99% 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 Cwmfelinfach · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (1.3%), Other White (1.1%) and Chinese (0.4%). On average, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. 31% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns.
Cwmfelinfach sits above 92% of UK towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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
51 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 39% here, more than in 85% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. In Cwmfelinfach, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 43% across Wales’s towns.
21% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
23% of Cwmfelinfach’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 21% have one at degree level (31%).
Cwmfelinfach sits below 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cwmfelinfach | 1,353 | — | 40.4 | 17% | 27% |
| Trethomas | 1,713 | 1.7 mi | 33.8 | 14% | 38% |
| Bedwas | 6,463 | 1.8 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Llanbradach | 3,766 | 2.2 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Machen | 1,985 | 2.3 mi | 47 | 22% | 28% |
| Maesycwmmer | 2,095 | 2.6 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Pontllanfraith | 9,363 | 2.6 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Abercarn | 5,123 | 2.9 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 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.
- “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 Cwmfelinfach’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 Cwmfelinfach’s residents
What is the population of Cwmfelinfach?
The 2021 Census counted 1,353 people in Cwmfelinfach’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cwmfelinfach?
The median age was 40.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cwmfelinfach?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cwmfelinfach?
64% said they had no religion and 31% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Cwmfelinfach good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Cwmfelinfach’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Cwmfelinfach?
113 residents aged 3 and over, 8.6%, 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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