Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Llanbedr is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.1
The typical household size is 2 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 339 residents in Llanbedr, living in 161 households. For Llanbedr, the census puts households with dependent children at 21%. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 91% of UK towns: 40%.
In Llanbedr, 35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Llanbedr, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across Wales’s towns. Against that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Only 4.1% of adults are full-time students in Llanbedr
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%.
Little separates the share of residents who moved in within the year here, 9.7%, from the figure across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns, at 40%
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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The comparison figure for one-person households is 32% across Wales’s towns.
Only 2.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Llanbedr
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
With households in detached houses at 41%, Llanbedr is ahead of 78% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in flats across Wales’s towns: 14%. Locally, 18% of households have no car or van. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 77% of UK towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 97% of UK towns: 2.4%
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 (0.9%) and in EU countries (0.6%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
53% of people in Llanbedr speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 175 residents aged 3 and over, 53%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 93% of Welsh towns. Top of Gwynedd: Caernarfon, at 82%.
Llanbedr ranks above 98% of UK towns on 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 Llanbedr · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents said they have no religion, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 73% of UK towns.
Llanbedr sits below 96% of UK towns for unpaid carers (7.1%)
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
With adults who have never married at 32%, Llanbedr is behind 55% of UK towns on that count. On average, one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 8 residents.
27% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 27% of adults in Llanbedr, 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have no qualification, against 20%.
Llanbedr is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanbedr | 339 | — | 56.1 | 35% | 21% |
| Harlech | 1,261 | 3 mi | 56 | 34% | 15% |
| Barmouth | 1,986 | 6.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 23% |
| Porthmadog | 2,579 | 7.5 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 1,463 | 7.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Criccieth | 1,737 | 8.9 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 18% |
| Dolgellau | 2,599 | 10.4 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Llanbedr’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 Llanbedr’s residents
What is the population of Llanbedr?
The 2021 Census counted 339 people in Llanbedr’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanbedr?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanbedr?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llanbedr?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Llanbedr good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanbedr’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanbedr?
175 residents aged 3 and over, 53%, 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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