Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.2: Govilon is older than 97% of UK towns
In Govilon, 19% of households have dependent children, beside 27% across Wales’s towns. 62% of households live in a detached house. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. There were 597 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 1,342 residents.
What the Census says about Govilon’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Govilon’s residents are under 55.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of UK towns, at 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 96% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Govilon ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.2%
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%.
Across Wales’s towns, the share of full-time students is 8%; Govilon has 3.8%. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.1% across Wales’s towns.
Smaller households than 71% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
28% of households are one person living alone; across Wales’s towns the figure is 32%. Across Govilon, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in flats than 85% of UK towns, at 4.6%
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
Households in terraced houses: 13%, below 81% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats is 14%. In Govilon, just over one in ten households have no car or van.
Govilon sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%) and in EU countries (1.2%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.5%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. To put it in context, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
Govilon’s Welsh speakers make up 10% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 135, or 10% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 67% of them. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
In Govilon, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 83% 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: 96% of Govilon · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Just over two in five residents said they have no religion (Wales’s towns: 47%). Across Wales’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 90%. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 51%.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% of UK towns
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
At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns. Some 48 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Among adults, 38% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 38% of its adults qualified to degree level, Govilon compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (20%).
No nearby town is as old as Govilon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Govilon | 1,342 | — | 55.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Gilwern | 2,184 | 1.3 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 1.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 2.2 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Blaenavon | 5,637 | 3.2 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | 4.2 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 20% |
| Brynmawr | 5,250 | 4.9 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 25% |
| Nantyglo | 4,548 | 5 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 29% |
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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 Govilon’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 Govilon’s residents
What is the population of Govilon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,342 people in Govilon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Govilon?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Govilon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Govilon?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Govilon good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Govilon’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Govilon?
135 residents aged 3 and over, 10%, 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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