Photo: Mike Price · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.2: Clyro is older than 97% of UK towns
Against a figure of 27% across Wales’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Clyro comes in at 18%. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.9%. 753 residents in 349 households: that is Clyro at the 2021 Census. Locally, 71% of households live in a detached house.
Clyro ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Wales’s towns. At 6.4%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of UK towns. For comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns, at 3.1%
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%.
In Clyro, 34% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a reference point, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Smaller households than 85% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4%, from the figure across Wales’s towns. One-person households account for 32%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns: 7.1%
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
Set against 14% across Wales’s towns, 4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Clyro. By way of comparison, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 7.4%; Clyro has 3.7%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.9%). To put it in context, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
Welsh, spoken by 6.1% of Clyro’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 6.1% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (45 people): fewer than in 98% of Welsh towns. No town in Powys beats Ystradgynlais (32%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 88% of UK towns, at 96%
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: 96% of Clyro · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.1%). For comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. 40% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 56% of UK towns. By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (50%), Clyro is above 52% of UK towns.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 87% 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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (53%), Clyro is above 78% of UK towns. Across Clyro, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 41% of adults in Clyro, 31% across Wales’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 20%.
No nearby town is as old as Clyro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyro | 753 | — | 56.2 | 35% | 18% |
| Hay-on-Wye | 2,065 | 1.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 18% |
| Talgarth | 1,252 | 7.2 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 9.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 11.5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 22% |
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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 Clyro’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 Clyro’s residents
What is the population of Clyro?
The 2021 Census counted 753 people in Clyro’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clyro?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clyro?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clyro?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Clyro good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Clyro’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Clyro?
45 residents aged 3 and over, 6.1%, 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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