Photo: Chris Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.1: Pontneddfechan is older than 92% of UK towns
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 99%, Pontneddfechan is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. At the 2021 Census, 377 people lived here, in 161 households. Households with dependent children: 21% of the total. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 9.9%, fewer than in 82% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Pontneddfechan sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.1%)
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%.
The share of full-time students is 5.5%, against 8% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Pontneddfechan households average 2.3 people, larger than in 66% 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.
The share of one-person households is 30%, against 32% across Wales’s towns. The census found that 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Pontneddfechan.
More detached houses than 84% of UK towns: 44% 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
Households in terraced houses: 14%, below 77% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.1%
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 EU countries (0.5%) or in the rest of Europe (0.3%). Residents born outside the UK: 7.4% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. 100% of residents have English as their main language, against 96% across Wales’s towns.
Of Pontneddfechan’s residents, 18% can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
66 residents, 18% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 71% of Welsh towns. Ystradgynlais leads Powys with 32%.
Pontneddfechan: 44% of residents said they have no religion, above 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: 99% of Pontneddfechan · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 51%, against 43% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, 47% of residents said they have no religion.
Above 99% of UK towns: 15% of residents give unpaid care
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
Across Wales’s towns, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Pontneddfechan, 28%. Locally, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid carers make up 10% across Wales’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Pontneddfechan’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 35% have one at degree level (31%).
Every nearby town is younger than Pontneddfechan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontneddfechan | 377 | — | 52.1 | 28% | 21% |
| Glyn-neath | 3,927 | 1.7 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Cwmgwrach | 1,071 | 2.7 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 24% |
| Seven Sisters | 1,343 | 5.3 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Resolven | 2,162 | 5.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Treherbert | 5,427 | 6.1 mi | 43 | 22% | 25% |
| Aberdare | 37,675 | 6.6 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Creunant | 1,664 | 7.1 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Pontneddfechan’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 Pontneddfechan’s residents
What is the population of Pontneddfechan?
The 2021 Census counted 377 people in Pontneddfechan’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pontneddfechan?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pontneddfechan?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 1.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pontneddfechan?
44% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Pontneddfechan good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pontneddfechan’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Pontneddfechan?
66 residents aged 3 and over, 18%, 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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