Photo: Alzarian16 · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 46%
28% of households have no car or van; across Wales’s towns the figure is 21%. There were 871 households in Pontlottyn at the 2021 Census, home to 1,832 residents. For Pontlottyn, the census puts households with dependent children at 24%. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Pontlottyn’s people
More with no religion than most
58% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 37% 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).
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The median age in Pontlottyn is 45.2, higher than in 55% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Below 81% of UK towns: 4.1% of adults are full-time students
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, 17% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 39% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Full-time students make up 8% across Wales’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 6.7%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 88% 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.
Nothing unusual on one-person households: 32%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7% in Pontlottyn.
Fewer households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 12%
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 flats: 18% here and 14% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 24% across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 98% of UK towns: 2.3%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Set beside that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 93% of UK towns.
In Pontlottyn, Welsh is a language for 8.5% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
150 residents, 8.5% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 82% of Welsh towns. Top of Gwent: Abertridwr and Senghenydd, at 14%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 58% of residents said they have no religion
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 Pontlottyn · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (97%), Pontlottyn is above 97% of UK towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 37% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. Set beside that, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
40% of adults have never married, more than in 90% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 88. As a reference point, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Pontlottyn has more unpaid carers than 86% of UK towns, at 11%.
17% 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 17% of adults in Pontlottyn, 31% across Wales’s towns; 32% have no qualification, against 20%.
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Pontlottyn are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontlottyn | 1,832 | — | 45.2 | 20% | 24% |
| Abertysswg | 1,424 | 0.8 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 30% |
| Fochriw | 1,148 | 0.8 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Rhymney | 4,998 | 1.1 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| New Tredegar | 3,280 | 2.4 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Tredegar | 14,534 | 2.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Bedlinog | 1,098 | 3.2 mi | 46.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach | 3,780 | 3.6 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Pontlottyn’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 Pontlottyn’s residents
What is the population of Pontlottyn?
The 2021 Census counted 1,832 people in Pontlottyn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pontlottyn?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pontlottyn?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pontlottyn?
58% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Pontlottyn good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pontlottyn’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pontlottyn?
150 residents aged 3 and over, 8.5%, 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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