Photo: Voice of Clam · Public domainHalf of Bryncrug is over 55.2, older than 97% of UK towns
Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children; in Bryncrug, 18%. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village counted 602 residents and 278 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, nearly one in ten households have no car or van.
In Bryncrug, 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 31%.
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.
Bryncrug sits below 93% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.5%)
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 6% in Bryncrug and 8% across Wales’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 9.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 84% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gwynedd’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.4%, below 94% of UK towns. In Bryncrug, 28% of households are one person living alone.
A village of detached houses: 54% of households 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
29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns, against 15% in Bryncrug. Typically, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Only 2.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Bryncrug
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 (1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). For comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Bryncrug: 48% of residents speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 285 residents aged 3 and over, 48%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Top of Gwynedd: Caernarfon, at 82%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 97% 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 Bryncrug · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
42% of residents said they have no religion (Wales’s towns: 47%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 90% across Wales’s towns. Across Bryncrug, half of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Bryncrug ranks below 84% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 27%
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
The share of unpaid carers trails 72% of UK towns: 8.5%. Elsewhere, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Here, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 28% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (20%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Bryncrug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryncrug | 602 | — | 55.2 | 31% | 18% |
| Tywyn | 3,134 | 2.2 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 17% |
| Barmouth | 1,986 | 8.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 23% |
| Borth | 1,115 | 8.3 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 18% |
| Machynlleth | 2,161 | 8.8 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Bow Street | 1,101 | 11.1 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Penrhyn-coch | 1,378 | 11.8 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Dolgellau | 2,599 | 11.8 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
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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.
- “Gwynedd’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gwynedd (or Wales), summed the same way as Bryncrug’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 Bryncrug’s residents
What is the population of Bryncrug?
The 2021 Census counted 602 people in Bryncrug’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bryncrug?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bryncrug?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bryncrug?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bryncrug good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Bryncrug’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Bryncrug?
285 residents aged 3 and over, 48%, 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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