Photo: John Firth · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Guilsfield is over 54.6
The figure for households with dependent children is 20% in Guilsfield and 27% across Wales’s towns. There were 544 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 1,160 residents. Across Guilsfield, 64% of households live in a detached house. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%.
What the Census says about Guilsfield’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Guilsfield’s residents are under 54.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% 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).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across Wales’s towns, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Guilsfield. By way of comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Guilsfield ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Guilsfield has 30% and 27%. As a reference point, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person homes: 36% of households in Guilsfield
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.
In Guilsfield, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 3.1% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 32% across Wales’s towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.3% of households live in a terraced house
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
Across Wales’s towns, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Guilsfield, 4.2%. As a yardstick, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. In one household in 7 there is no car or van.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns, at 2.8%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1%) or in EU countries (0.7%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% of UK towns. Typically, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
In Guilsfield, 11% of residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 125, or 11% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 58% of them. Ystradgynlais leads Powys with 32%.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 92% 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: 96% of Guilsfield · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 35%, against 47% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.1%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90% across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns, at 23%
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
Some 37 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 54% here, more than in 83% of UK towns. As a reference point, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Guilsfield, 12%.
29% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Guilsfield, 19%, while 29% hold one at degree level (31%).
Around Guilsfield, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | — | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 2.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 5.3 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 6.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 6.9 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 7.4 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Minsterley | 1,719 | 10.4 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 10.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Guilsfield’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 Guilsfield’s residents
What is the population of Guilsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,160 people in Guilsfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Guilsfield?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Guilsfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Guilsfield?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Guilsfield good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Guilsfield’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Guilsfield?
125 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, 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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