Photo: John Firth · CC BY-SA 2.0Four Crosses: 66% of households live in a detached house, above 99% of UK towns
Across Wales’s towns, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Four Crosses, 1.6%. At the 2021 Census Four Crosses was home to 1,469 people in 636 households. On the census count, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. Half of the village’s residents are over 49.2, older than in just over four in five UK towns.
Four Crosses: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Four Crosses sits below 86% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.9%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 32% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). On the census count, 4.8% of adults are full-time students. Against that, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
In Four Crosses, 24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 77% 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 is 27%, against 32% across Wales’s towns. In Four Crosses, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.8%
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 terraced houses trails 96% of UK towns: 6.7%. Households without a car or van: 21% across Wales’s towns, for comparison.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.3%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
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
100% of residents have English as their main language, against 96% across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (0.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Welsh speakers: 12% of Four Crosses’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
173 residents, 12% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 53% of Welsh towns. No town in Powys beats Ystradgynlais (32%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%, a higher share than 66% 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: 97% of Four Crosses · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.1%). For comparison, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 51% of UK towns: 41%.
Four Crosses ranks above 62% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 50%
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
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 38% across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. For Four Crosses, the census puts unpaid carers at 9.5%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (20%).
Four Crosses and its 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | — | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 1.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 2.3 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 5.3 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 5.7 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 7.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 8.1 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Four Crosses’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 Four Crosses’s residents
What is the population of Four Crosses?
The 2021 Census counted 1,469 people in Four Crosses’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Four Crosses?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Four Crosses?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Four Crosses?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Four Crosses good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Four Crosses’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Four Crosses?
173 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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