Photo: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0Crickhowell is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.6
The figure for households in detached houses is 43% in Crickhowell and 24% across Wales’s towns. 2,108 residents in 965 households: that is Crickhowell at the 2021 Census. Adults who have never married: 26% of the total. At 20%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Crickhowell’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Crickhowell’s residents are under 54.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
More residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Locally, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Knighton, the oldest of Powys’ towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 74% of UK towns: 5.5%
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%.
7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Wales’s towns the figure is 9.1%. As a reference point, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Crickhowell households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 79% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.9%, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 30%.
Below 70% of UK towns: 12% of households have no car or van
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
The share of households in flats tops 62% of UK towns: 13%. By contrast, at 17%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in three fifths of UK towns. Typically, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 65% of UK towns: 98%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). Across Wales’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 96%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 6.3%, more than in 50% of UK towns.
Welsh in Crickhowell: 10% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 209 residents aged 3 and over, 10%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 68% of Welsh towns. In Powys, Ystradgynlais has the highest share (32%).
Crickhowell: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 64% 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: 94% of Crickhowell · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.5%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90% across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 52%, more than in 64% of UK towns. Set against 47% across Wales’s towns, just over two in five residents said they have no religion in Crickhowell.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 54%
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
The share of unpaid carers is 12%, against 10% across Wales’s towns. Elsewhere, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 78 people.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 42%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Crickhowell’s adults: 42% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns.
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Crickhowell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | — | 54.6 | 34% | 20% |
| Gilwern | 2,184 | 3.1 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Govilon | 1,342 | 4.2 mi | 55.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Llangynidr | 1,038 | 4.2 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 22% |
| Brynmawr | 5,250 | 4.7 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 25% |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 5.5 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Nantyglo | 4,548 | 5.5 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 29% |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 5.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 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 Crickhowell’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 Crickhowell’s residents
What is the population of Crickhowell?
The 2021 Census counted 2,108 people in Crickhowell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crickhowell?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crickhowell?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crickhowell?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Crickhowell good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Crickhowell’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Crickhowell?
209 residents aged 3 and over, 10%, 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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