Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56: Raglan is older than 97% of UK towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops 95% of UK towns: 61%. The census found that a fifth of households have dependent children in Raglan. On unpaid carers, Raglan sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 13%. There were 545 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,176 residents.
What the Census says about Raglan’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Raglan’s residents are under 56 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% 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).
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 3.8%, a lower share than 90% 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%.
Against a figure of 9.1% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Raglan comes in at 6.2%. For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 86% 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.
Compared with 32% across Wales’s towns, 33% of households are one person living alone here. On the census count, 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Few flats: only 4.2% of households in Raglan live in one
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
The share of households in detached houses tops just over three quarters of UK towns: 40%. At the same time, at 11%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 85% of UK towns. The wider picture: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 15% of households have no car or van.
2.8% born outside the UK, fewer than in 94% 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 the Middle East and Asia (0.9%) and in EU countries (0.8%). Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. To put it in context, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Welsh, spoken by 9.4% of Raglan’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
108 residents, 9.4% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 74% of Welsh towns. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
Raglan sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
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 Raglan · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (33%), Raglan is below 87% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns is 90%.
Below 96% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
48 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 52%, more than in 77% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Raglan counts 34% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (20%).
Every neighbour of Raglan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raglan | 1,176 | — | 56 | 36% | 20% |
| Usk | 2,310 | 4.7 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 17% |
| Penperlleni | 1,396 | 5.8 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 23% |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 6.7 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 8.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 8.4 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Pontypool | 29,070 | 8.9 mi | 43 | 21% | 28% |
| Abersychan | 7,495 | 9.3 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 30% |
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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 Raglan’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 Raglan’s residents
What is the population of Raglan?
The 2021 Census counted 1,176 people in Raglan’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Raglan?
The median age was 56 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Raglan?
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 Raglan?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Raglan good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Raglan’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Raglan?
108 residents aged 3 and over, 9.4%, 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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