Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57: Llandinam is older than 98% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. Llandinam’s 242 households held 535 residents at the 2021 Census. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. The share of households with dependent children is 19%, against 27% across Wales’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 36% in Llandinam, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across Wales’s towns, 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. As a reference point, 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.
In Llandinam, 3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns, against 6.8% in Llandinam. Set beside that, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
Only 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Llandinam
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.
Households in Llandinam hold 2.3 people on average (Wales’s towns: 2.3). The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across Wales’s towns: 3.1%.
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 figure for households in detached houses is 62% in Llandinam and 24% across Wales’s towns. In one household in 17 there is no car or van. 10% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 89% of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 1.7% in Llandinam, less than in 99% 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
Set against 96% across Wales’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language in Llandinam. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). The share of residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.
Llandinam’s Welsh speakers make up 14% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 75 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 14% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 63% of them. In Powys, Ystradgynlais has the highest share (32%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 68% of UK towns, at 53%
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: 98% of Llandinam · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 39%, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns.
In Llandinam, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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
With adults who have never married at 24%, Llandinam is behind 95% of UK towns on that count. Unpaid carers: 8.6% of the total. The share of married adults and civil partners across Wales’s towns is 43%.
35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Llandinam (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 14% (Wales’s towns: 20%).
No nearby town is as old as Llandinam
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandinam | 535 | — | 57 | 36% | 19% |
| Llanidloes | 2,197 | 5.1 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 19% |
| Newtown | 10,882 | 5.1 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 26% |
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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 Llandinam’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 Llandinam’s residents
What is the population of Llandinam?
The 2021 Census counted 535 people in Llandinam’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llandinam?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llandinam?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llandinam?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Llandinam good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llandinam’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llandinam?
75 residents aged 3 and over, 14%, 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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