Photo: Mick Lobb · CC BY-SA 2.0Brynsadler is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.2
Flats are home to 4.6% of households, against 14% across Wales’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns. Brynsadler’s 302 households held 653 residents at the 2021 Census. In Brynsadler, 20% of households have dependent children.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.2%, against 12% across Wales’s towns. On average, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
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.
Brynsadler ranks below 81% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.1%
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 take in two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 22% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%. Residents who moved in within the year: 6.5% of the total.
Brynsadler households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Mid Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 32% across Wales’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.3% in Brynsadler.
Households without a car or van make up 8.4% in Brynsadler, less than in 90% of UK towns
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
25% of households live in a detached house; across Wales’s towns the figure is 24%. For Brynsadler, the census puts households in terraced houses at 28%. Every 12th household or so has no car or van.
Below 78% of UK towns: 4% of residents were born outside the UK
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%) and in EU countries (1.1%). Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. Measured more widely, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Welsh, spoken by 9.8% of Brynsadler’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 62 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 9.8% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 72% of them. The highest share in Mid Glamorgan belongs to Pontyclun (20%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 80% of UK towns: 95%
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: 95% of Brynsadler · Mid Glamorgan’s towns 95% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Indian (1.7%), Other White (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). Few places have as many residents with no religion: 43% here, more than in 66% of UK towns. For comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 85% of UK towns: 54%
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
Unpaid carers make up 10%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. For 24 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Brynsadler’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (31%).
The towns around Brynsadler are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brynsadler | 653 | — | 51.2 | 31% | 20% |
| Pontyclun | 5,801 | 0.8 mi | 43.3 | 18% | 35% |
| Llanharry | 3,747 | 1.2 mi | 37.7 | 15% | 37% |
| Talbot Green | 3,291 | 1.2 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Llantrisant | 4,196 | 1.7 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Llanharan and Brynna | 8,106 | 2.6 mi | 38 | 15% | 36% |
| Creigiau | 2,304 | 3.2 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Beddau | 7,356 | 3.2 mi | 40 | 18% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Mid Glamorgan’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Mid Glamorgan (or Wales), summed the same way as Brynsadler’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 Brynsadler’s residents
What is the population of Brynsadler?
The 2021 Census counted 653 people in Brynsadler’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brynsadler?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brynsadler?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 95% across Mid Glamorgan’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brynsadler?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brynsadler good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Brynsadler’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Brynsadler?
62 residents aged 3 and over, 9.8%, 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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