Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Crossgates is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.7
Set against 21% across Wales’s towns, nearly one in ten households have no car or van in Crossgates. In 2021, the Census found 339 residents locally, living in 143 households. Locally, 1.4% of households live in a terraced house. 13% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of UK towns, at 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 75–79, with 8.4% of residents, 2.1 times the share across Wales’s towns. Here, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Across the 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.
Only 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Crossgates
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%.
With full-time students at 5.5%, Crossgates is ahead of 74% of UK towns on that count. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 69% 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.
The share of one-person households trails 61% of UK towns: 29%. For Crossgates, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.1%. On households with dependent children, Crossgates sits lower than just over half of UK towns: 27%.
Crossgates: 60% of households live in a detached house, above 96% 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
14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns, against 2.7% in Crossgates. Households in detached houses make up 24% across Wales’s towns.
Only 4.1% of residents were born outside the UK in Crossgates
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.5%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 80% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK.
A Welsh-speaking share of 13% in Crossgates
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 44 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 13% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 61% of them. The highest share in Powys belongs to Ystradgynlais (32%).
Crossgates sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (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 Crossgates · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47%, below just over two thirds of UK towns. Across Crossgates, 44% of residents said they have no religion. Against that, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Crossgates ranks above 97% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 59%
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
13 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 43% across Wales’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 18% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 18% of adults in Crossgates, 31% across Wales’s towns; 24% have no qualification, against 20%.
The towns around Crossgates are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossgates | 339 | — | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
| Llandrindod Wells | 5,429 | 2.8 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 20% |
| Rhayader | 1,837 | 7.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 20% |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 9.3 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 Crossgates’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 Crossgates’s residents
What is the population of Crossgates?
The 2021 Census counted 339 people in Crossgates’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crossgates?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crossgates?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crossgates?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Crossgates good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Crossgates’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Crossgates?
44 residents aged 3 and over, 13%, 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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