Photo: John Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0Arddleen sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (78%)
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 95% of UK towns: 58%. Arddleen counted 429 residents and 170 households at the 2021 Census. Across Arddleen, 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 8.6% here, fewer than in 92% of UK towns.
Half of Arddleen is over 46.9, older than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 21% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Arddleen comes in at 23%. What’s more, more residents aged 15 to 24 than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% 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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Arddleen has 31% and 24%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. Here, 5.8% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 87% 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.
1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Wales’s towns the figure is 3.1%. Census figures put households with dependent children at 27% in Arddleen. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns.
Arddleen ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.2%
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
In Arddleen, 5.2% of households have no car or van, beside 21% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3%
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
Against a figure of 96% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Arddleen comes in at 99%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in Africa (0.9%). By way of comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Welsh speakers make up 12% of Arddleen
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 52 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 57% of them. The highest share in Powys belongs to Ystradgynlais (32%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 93% of UK towns: 97%
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 Arddleen · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 36% answered “no religion” and 60% Christian, against 47% and 43% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 90%.
Arddleen sits below 85% of UK towns for adults who have never married (27%)
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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 13. Fewer unpaid carers than in 52% of UK towns: 9.3%. The wider picture: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
27% of Arddleen’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 15% have none (20%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Arddleen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arddleen | 429 | — | 46.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 2.2 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 3.2 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 3.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 4.4 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 5.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 7.5 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 7.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
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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.
- “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 Arddleen’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 Arddleen’s residents
What is the population of Arddleen?
The 2021 Census counted 429 people in Arddleen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Arddleen?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Arddleen?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Arddleen?
36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Arddleen good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Arddleen’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Arddleen?
52 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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