Photo: Andrew Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0In Three Cocks, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% of UK towns
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns, against 7.7% in Three Cocks. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.5% locally. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 31%, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 310 residents in 130 households.
Three Cocks is younger than 54% of UK towns: a median age of 44
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 21%. In Knighton, the oldest of Powys’ towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Three Cocks, more than in 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 work; in Three Cocks, 19% and 29%. As a reference point, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 4.1%.
2.4 people per household, more than in 78% 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.
At 32%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure across Wales’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.3%.
A village of terraces: 24% of households live in one
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 detached houses: 22%, below 69% of UK towns. To put it in context, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. In Three Cocks, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.9%) and in the rest of Europe (0.3%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 77% of UK towns. Against that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Can speak Welsh: 7.2% of Three Cocks’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 22, or 7.2% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 94% of them. The highest share in Powys belongs to Ystradgynlais (32%).
Three Cocks ranks above 73% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 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 Three Cocks · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns, against 40% in Three Cocks. To put it in context, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 15% of residents
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
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 41% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. For Three Cocks, the census puts adults who have never married at 34%. The share of unpaid carers across Wales’s towns is 10%.
A degree-level qualification for 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 22% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (20%).
Every nearby town is older than Three Cocks
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Cocks | 310 | — | 44 | 20% | 31% |
| Talgarth | 1,252 | 2.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Hay-on-Wye | 2,065 | 4.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 18% |
| Brecon | 8,257 | 9.3 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Llangynidr | 1,038 | 10.9 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 22% |
| Builth Wells | 2,620 | 11.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 22% |
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | 11.9 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 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 Three Cocks’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 Three Cocks’s residents
What is the population of Three Cocks?
The 2021 Census counted 310 people in Three Cocks’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Three Cocks?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Three Cocks?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Three Cocks?
40% 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 Three Cocks good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Three Cocks’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Three Cocks?
22 residents aged 3 and over, 7.2%, 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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