Photo: Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.3% of households
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 98%, against 90% across Wales’s towns. The 2021 Census put Abermule’s population at 919, in 392 households. Here, 6.4% of households have no car or van. Fewer one-person households than in 87% of UK towns: 25%.
8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Abermule’s residents are over 48.3, older than in 76% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 25%. The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 86% of UK towns: 3.9%
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 Abermule, 34% and 24%. For comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7%.
Abermule households average 2.4 people, larger than in 71% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
By its share of households with dependent children (25%), Abermule is below 70% of UK towns. Here, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 96% of UK towns: 60%
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 in terraced houses is 29%; Abermule has 14%. 1.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 60% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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 (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across Wales’s towns: 96%. Lower than in four fifths of UK towns: 3.8% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Abermule, Welsh is a language for 12% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 109 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 12% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 54% of them. Within Powys, Ystradgynlais has the largest share, 32%.
Abermule ranks above 62% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 43%
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 Abermule · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops 56% of UK towns: 51%. The wider picture: 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
In Abermule, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 85% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 30 residents. Against that, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 98% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 54%, above 83% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of Abermule’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 18% have no qualification (20%).
Of the 4 towns nearest Abermule, 2 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abermule | 919 | — | 48.3 | 25% | 25% |
| Newtown | 10,882 | 4.2 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Bishop's Castle | 1,847 | 10.7 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 20% |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 11.1 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Powys’ towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Powys (or Wales), summed the same way as Abermule’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 Abermule’s residents
What is the population of Abermule?
The 2021 Census counted 919 people in Abermule’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Abermule?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Abermule?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Abermule?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Abermule good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Abermule’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Abermule?
109 residents aged 3 and over, 12%, 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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