Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 5.9% of households in Carmel have no car or van
3% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 14% across Wales’s towns. On residents aged 65 and over, Carmel sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 16%. The village counted 321 residents and 134 households at the 2021 Census. Across Carmel, 100% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 64% of UK towns: 9.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Carmel’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in 55% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. In Tywyn, the oldest of Gwynedd’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
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.
Only 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Carmel
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 29% of Carmel’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 9.1%. Full-time students: 5.1% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% 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.
Across Wales’s towns, households average 2.3 people; in Carmel, 2.4. Against that, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns. On the census count, a quarter of households are one person living alone. 30% of households have dependent children, more than in 73% of UK towns.
A village of terraces: 40% 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
The figure for households in detached houses is 41% in Carmel and 24% across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 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
100% of residents have English or Welsh as their main language.
Welsh speakers make up 83% of Carmel
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 261 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 83% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 99% of them. No town in Gwynedd beats Caernarfon (82%).
44% of residents said they have no religion, a share 70% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 100% of Carmel · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
In Carmel, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 43% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 47% across Wales’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 36% in Carmel, more than in 74% 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
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, half of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. Typically, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Carmel’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Carmel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel | 321 | — | 43.9 | 16% | 30% |
| Penygroes | 1,793 | 1.9 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Caernarfon | 9,831 | 4.7 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Llanrug | 1,537 | 5.8 mi | 41.2 | 22% | 34% |
| Llanberis | 1,838 | 6 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 25% |
| Bethel | 1,091 | 6.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 32% |
| Clwt-y-bont | 1,385 | 7.1 mi | 39 | 17% | 31% |
| Y Felinheli | 2,333 | 7.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Carmel’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 Carmel’s residents
What is the population of Carmel?
The 2021 Census counted 321 people in Carmel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carmel?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carmel?
100% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 0% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carmel?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Carmel good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Carmel’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Carmel?
261 residents aged 3 and over, 83%, 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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