Photo: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bronllys is over 54.1, older than 95% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children trails 97% of UK towns: 18%. Here, 40% of households are one person living alone. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 99% of UK towns: 98%. Bronllys had 548 residents in 285 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. Against that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Locally, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
5.7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 79% 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; Bronllys has 30% and 21%. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students: 8% across Wales’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
1.9 people per household, fewer than in 99% 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.
On the census count, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van make up 8.2% in Bronllys, less than in 91% 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
Households in terraced houses: 14% here and 29% across Wales’s towns. On average, just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns. Here, 42% of households live in a detached house. 5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 80% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 92% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). To put it in context, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Bronllys has more residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%.
In Bronllys, 9.7% of residents can speak Welsh
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, 9.7% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 73% of them. The highest share in Powys belongs to Ystradgynlais (32%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 56% of UK towns: 40%
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 Bronllys · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
In Bronllys, half of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 43% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 41%
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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 38%; Bronllys has 33%. To put it in context, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. For 11 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. 9.7% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 61% of UK towns.
33% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 33% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bronllys compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (20%).
Bronllys and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronllys | 548 | — | 54.1 | 30% | 18% |
| Talgarth | 1,252 | 1 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Hay-on-Wye | 2,065 | 6.9 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 18% |
| Brecon | 8,257 | 7.3 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Llangynidr | 1,038 | 9.5 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 22% |
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | 11.2 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 20% |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 11.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 22% |
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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 Bronllys’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 Bronllys’s residents
What is the population of Bronllys?
The 2021 Census counted 548 people in Bronllys’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bronllys?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bronllys?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bronllys?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Bronllys good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Bronllys’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Bronllys?
52 residents aged 3 and over, 9.7%, 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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