Photo: Eddy Blanche · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8% of households
The share of households without a car or van is 28%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Fochriw had 1,148 residents in 482 households at the 2021 Census. For Fochriw, the census puts unpaid carers at 13%. At 29%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 67% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Fochriw’s people
More with no religion than most
71% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 25% 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).
Below 68% of UK towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.3% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Half of Fochriw’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in 60% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. For Fochriw, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%.
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 smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 3.5%
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%.
12% of Fochriw’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 42% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Against that, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Fochriw households average 2.4 people, larger than in 68% 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.
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 32%. In Fochriw, 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns, at 6.6%
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
27% of households live in a terraced house, against 29% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, households in detached houses come to 24%.
Only 0.7% of Fochriw’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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.3%) and in Africa (0.2%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns. The wider picture: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
A Welsh-speaking share of 7.3% in Fochriw
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 82, or 7.3% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 94% of them. The highest share in Gwent belongs to Abertridwr and Senghenydd (14%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 99%, a higher share than 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: 99% of Fochriw · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 43%; Fochriw has 25%. For Fochriw, the census puts residents with no religion at 71%. As a reference point, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
More adults who have never married than 96% of UK towns: 44%
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
Against a figure of 43% across Wales’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Fochriw comes in at 39%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 55 people. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 38% across Wales’s towns.
13% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 13% of adults in Fochriw, 31% across Wales’s towns; 46% have no qualification, against 20%.
Fochriw sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fochriw | 1,148 | — | 43.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Pontlottyn | 1,832 | 0.8 mi | 45.2 | 20% | 24% |
| Rhymney | 4,998 | 1.5 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Abertysswg | 1,424 | 1.5 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 30% |
| Bedlinog | 1,098 | 2.6 mi | 46.3 | 21% | 24% |
| New Tredegar | 3,280 | 2.8 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach | 3,780 | 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 25% |
| Tredegar | 14,534 | 3.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Fochriw’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 Fochriw’s residents
What is the population of Fochriw?
The 2021 Census counted 1,148 people in Fochriw’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fochriw?
The median age was 43.2 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fochriw?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 0.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fochriw?
71% said they had no religion and 25% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Fochriw good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Fochriw’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Fochriw?
82 residents aged 3 and over, 7.3%, 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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