Photo: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Llanwrtyd Wells is over 53.6, older than 95% of UK towns
Across Wales’s towns, nearly a third of households are one person living alone; in Llanwrtyd Wells, 38%. At the 2021 Census, 560 people lived in the village, in 272 households. Households with dependent children account for 19%. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 81% of UK towns.
Llanwrtyd Wells ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 65–69: one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.1% of adults are full-time students in Llanwrtyd Wells
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 work; in Llanwrtyd Wells, 29% and 22%. To put it in context, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 9%.
Smaller households than 98% of UK towns: 2 people on average
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 make up 1.8%, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 75% of UK towns, at 40%
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
Little separates the share of households in flats here, 14%, from the figure across Wales’s towns. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. The usual figure: 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns. 16% of households have no car or van.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns, at 99%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Across the comparison, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Residents born outside the UK: 6.5%, near enough the figure across Wales’s towns.
Speaking Welsh: 14% in Llanwrtyd Wells
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 76 people, 14% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 63% of Welsh towns. Top of Powys: Ystradgynlais, at 32%.
37% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 70% 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: 95% of Llanwrtyd Wells · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.5%), Indian (0.5%) and Chinese (0.5%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 47%. The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 50% in Llanwrtyd Wells and 43% across Wales’s towns.
Below 75% of UK towns: 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
19 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 38% across Wales’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 11% here, more than in 82% of UK towns. On top of that, across Wales’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 43%; Llanwrtyd Wells has 49%.
31% 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, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Llanwrtyd Wells, 31%, and 20% have none, against 20%.
Every neighbour of Llanwrtyd Wells has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanwrtyd Wells | 560 | — | 53.6 | 32% | 19% |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 10.1 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 22% |
| Llandovery | 1,455 | 10.4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 21% |
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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 Llanwrtyd Wells’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 Llanwrtyd Wells’s residents
What is the population of Llanwrtyd Wells?
The 2021 Census counted 560 people in Llanwrtyd Wells’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Llanwrtyd Wells?
The median age was 53.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Llanwrtyd Wells?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Llanwrtyd Wells?
37% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Llanwrtyd Wells good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Llanwrtyd Wells’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Llanwrtyd Wells?
76 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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