Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0In Ogmore Vale, 58% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 99% of UK towns
97% of residents describe themselves as White British; across Wales’s towns the figure is 90%. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 11% of households live in a detached house. In 2021, the Census found 3,098 residents in Ogmore Vale, living in 1,386 households. Adults who have never married: 37% of the total.
What the Census says about Ogmore Vale’s people
More with no religion than most
57% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 36% Christian, against 47% and 43% across Wales’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Ogmore Vale at 3,100 in 2011 and 3,100 in 2024, down 1%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 88% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Ogmore Vale has changed by −1%, slower than 88% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Ogmore Vale’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,100 people in 2011; 3,100 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+21%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−10%).
A median age of 42.8: Ogmore Vale is younger than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
20% of residents are 65 or over; across Wales’s towns the figure is 21%. On residents aged 15 to 24, Ogmore Vale sits higher than 77% of UK towns: 11%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ogmore Vale, 42.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Ogmore Vale
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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Ogmore Vale, 22% and 38%. On average, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. The census found that 4.9% of adults are full-time students locally.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 67% 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.
Nothing unusual on one-person households: 32%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Few flats: only 8.7% of households in Ogmore Vale 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
Households without a car or van are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 21%. Typically, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.6% in Ogmore Vale, less than in 95% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 79% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 7.4%.
Ogmore Vale’s Welsh speakers make up 7.5% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 224 residents aged 3 and over, 7.5%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: fewer than in 93% of Welsh towns. No town in Mid Glamorgan beats Pontyclun (20%).
Residents with no religion make up 57% in Ogmore Vale, more than in 99% of UK towns
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 Ogmore Vale · Mid Glamorgan’s towns 95% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 36% in Ogmore Vale. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (0.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Bangladeshi (0.2%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 47% across Wales’s towns.
Ogmore Vale: 11% of residents give unpaid care, above 81% 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
Some 126 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On married adults and civil partners, Ogmore Vale sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 44%. As a yardstick, one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Ogmore Vale, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 25% have no qualification at all (20%).
Among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 107th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Ogmore Vale in age: Mickletown (42.8), Long Itchington (42.8), Grimsargh (42.9) and Cliffe (42.9).
No nearby town is as old as Ogmore Vale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogmore Vale | 3,098 | — | 42.8 | 20% | 28% |
| Nant-y-moel | 2,378 | 1.3 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 28% |
| Pontycymer | 2,421 | 1.8 mi | 41.7 | 17% | 27% |
| Llangeinor | 1,016 | 2.3 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 29% |
| Blaengarw | 1,779 | 2.4 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Bettws | 2,237 | 2.9 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 32% |
| Gilfach Goch | 1,531 | 3 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 32% |
| Hendreforgan | 2,445 | 3.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 31% |
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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 Ogmore Vale’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Ogmore Vale’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,098 people in 2021, against 3,098 in the built-up area.
- 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 Ogmore Vale’s residents
What is the population of Ogmore Vale?
The 2021 Census counted 3,098 people in Ogmore Vale’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,100 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Ogmore Vale?
The median age was 42.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 63% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ogmore Vale?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 95% across Mid Glamorgan’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ogmore Vale?
57% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ogmore Vale good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Ogmore Vale’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Ogmore Vale?
224 residents aged 3 and over, 7.5%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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