Photo: Engraved from a drawing by G Samuel · Public domainA smaller share of households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns: 22%
With one-person households at 36%, Llanfair Caereinion is ahead of 91% of UK towns on that count. In 2021, the Census found 973 residents in the village, living in 435 households. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 97% locally. Half of the village’s residents are over 48.3, older than in 76% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 75% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Wales’s towns: 12%. On average, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 92% 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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Llanfair Caereinion has 27% and 28%. The share of full-time students stands at 4.8%. Elsewhere, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 67% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 2.8%.
More detached houses than 79% of UK towns: 41% of households
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 without a car or van trails 67% of UK towns: 12%. At the same time, 6.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 73% of UK towns; 41% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 20% in Llanfair Caereinion.
Llanfair Caereinion ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.7%
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
In Llanfair Caereinion, 100% of residents have English as their main language, beside 96% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 7.4%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in Africa (0.8%).
Welsh, spoken by 31% of Llanfair Caereinion’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 293 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 31% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 82% of them. The highest share in Powys belongs to Ystradgynlais (32%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 59% of UK towns, at 40%
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 Llanfair Caereinion · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Caribbean (0.1%). Residents with no religion make up 47% across Wales’s towns. Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Llanfair Caereinion.
In Llanfair Caereinion, 7.8% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 87% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 23. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 10% across Wales’s towns. Lower than in 72% of UK towns: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with 38% across Wales’s towns, a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
28% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 28% of adults in Llanfair Caereinion, 31% across Wales’s towns; 23% have no qualification, against 20%.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Llanfair Caereinion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfair Caereinion | 973 | — | 48.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 7.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 8.1 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 8.5 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Newtown | 10,882 | 9.5 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 Llanfair Caereinion’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 Llanfair Caereinion’s residents
What is the population of Llanfair Caereinion?
The 2021 Census counted 973 people in Llanfair Caereinion’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanfair Caereinion?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanfair Caereinion?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llanfair Caereinion?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.8% didn’t answer.
Is Llanfair Caereinion good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanfair Caereinion’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanfair Caereinion?
293 residents aged 3 and over, 31%, 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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