Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Talysarn: 64% of households live in a terraced house, above 99% of UK towns
Where 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns, Talysarn has 53%. At the 2021 Census Talysarn was home to 741 people in 330 households. For Talysarn, the census puts households in flats at 2.7%. 38% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
Half of Talysarn is under 42.4, younger than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 19% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 70% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 72% of UK towns: 5.4% of adults in Talysarn
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 8.2%. Set beside that, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 35% in Talysarn, more than in 85% 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.
1.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. Talysarn has more households with dependent children than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 29%. For comparison, 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Fewer households in detached houses than 89% of UK towns: 13%
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
Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 11% of households have no car or van here. Add to that, 2.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 95% of UK towns; 13% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
Talysarn ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 1.9%
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 EU countries (1.1%) and in the rest of Europe (0.3%). By way of comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language; across Wales’s towns the figure is 96%.
Welsh is spoken by 71% of Talysarn’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 502 people, 71% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 97% of Welsh towns. The highest share in Gwynedd belongs to Caernarfon (82%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 94% 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: 97% of Talysarn · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.1%). The wider picture: nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 94% of UK towns.
Talysarn ranks above 91% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 40%
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
17 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Talysarn has more unpaid carers than 80% of UK towns, at 11%. On average, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Among adults, 31% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Talysarn counts 31% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (20%).
Around Talysarn, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talysarn | 741 | — | 42.4 | 19% | 29% |
| Penygroes | 1,793 | 1.2 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Caernarfon | 9,831 | 5.9 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Llanberis | 1,838 | 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 25% |
| Llanrug | 1,537 | 7 mi | 41.2 | 22% | 34% |
| Bethel | 1,091 | 8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 32% |
| Clwt-y-bont | 1,385 | 8.2 mi | 39 | 17% | 31% |
| Y Felinheli | 2,333 | 9.1 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 Talysarn’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 Talysarn’s residents
What is the population of Talysarn?
The 2021 Census counted 741 people in Talysarn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Talysarn?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Talysarn?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 1.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Talysarn?
53% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Talysarn good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Talysarn’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Talysarn?
502 residents aged 3 and over, 71%, 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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