Photo: Darren Wyn Rees · CC BY-SA 3.0Llanelwedd is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.1
The figure for households in detached houses is 15% in Llanelwedd and 24% across Wales’s towns. Locally, 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. There were 60 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 132 residents.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2% in Llanelwedd, less 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%.
By class, 20% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 38% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 96% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
32% of households have dependent children, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Llanelwedd the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.3 across Wales’s towns. 30% of households are one person living alone. By way of comparison, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns.
Llanelwedd ranks above 90% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 35%
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
Here, 15% of households have no car or van. Across Wales’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 29%.
Llanelwedd: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 69% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 6.8% here, more than in 54% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
Welsh speakers: 10% of Llanelwedd’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 13 people, 10% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: fewer than in 67% of Welsh towns. In Powys, Ystradgynlais has the highest share (32%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 65% of UK towns, at 94%
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 Llanelwedd · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian, about the same as across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. Locally, 48% of residents said they have no religion.
7.4% of residents give unpaid care, below 93% 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
Adults who have never married make up 31%, against 38% across Wales’s towns. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 47% here, fewer than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. To put it in context, 10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. 2 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
25% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Llanelwedd counts 25% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 32% have no qualification (20%).
Llanelwedd is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanelwedd | 132 | — | 52.1 | 34% | 32% |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 0.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 22% |
| Llandrindod Wells | 5,429 | 5.9 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 20% |
| Rhayader | 1,837 | 11.2 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 20% |
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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 Llanelwedd’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 Llanelwedd’s residents
What is the population of Llanelwedd?
The 2021 Census counted 132 people in Llanelwedd’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanelwedd?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanelwedd?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llanelwedd?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Llanelwedd good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanelwedd’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanelwedd?
13 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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