Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Tal-y-bont is over 58.3, older than 99% of UK towns
Where 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns, Tal-y-bont has 1.3%. Census day 2021: 469 residents and 236 households here. 64% of households live in a detached house. At 37%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 94% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 40%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.7% in Tal-y-bont and 12% across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
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.
Full-time students: 3.3%, a lower share than 97% 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%.
By class, a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Across the comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2% of the total.
Households with dependent children: 14%, a lower share than 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 3.8%. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 27%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 85% of UK towns: 4.6%
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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 21%; Tal-y-bont has 9.8%. The wider picture: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
In Tal-y-bont, 1.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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 EU countries (0.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). As a reference point, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 100%, against 96% across Wales’s towns.
In Tal-y-bont, Welsh is a language for 44% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
199 residents, 44% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Within Gwynedd, Caernarfon has the largest share, 82%.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents
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: 98% of Tal-y-bont · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 56% in Tal-y-bont. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 35%, fewer than in 82% of UK towns. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Only 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Tal-y-bont
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
Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Tal-y-bont. Across the comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. In Tal-y-bont, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 30% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Tal-y-bont (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 19% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
Every neighbour of Tal-y-bont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tal-y-bont | 469 | — | 58.3 | 40% | 14% |
| Barmouth | 1,986 | 3.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 23% |
| Harlech | 1,261 | 6.1 mi | 56 | 34% | 15% |
| Dolgellau | 2,599 | 8.8 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Porthmadog | 2,579 | 10.6 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 1,463 | 10.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Criccieth | 1,737 | 11.6 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 18% |
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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 Tal-y-bont’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 Tal-y-bont’s residents
What is the population of Tal-y-bont?
The 2021 Census counted 469 people in Tal-y-bont’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tal-y-bont?
The median age was 58.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tal-y-bont?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tal-y-bont?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Tal-y-bont good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Tal-y-bont’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Tal-y-bont?
199 residents aged 3 and over, 44%, 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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