Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 90% of UK towns: 3.5% of households
The share of households without a car or van trails 85% of UK towns: 9.5%. Census day 2021: 1,732 residents and 748 households in Dunvant. One-person households account for 27%. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Dunvant sits lower than 78% of UK towns: 45%.
26% of Dunvant is 65 or over, a higher share than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.7% of residents. With a median age of 46.7, Dunvant is older than 66% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Dunvant and 12% across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Dunvant sits below 82% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.2%)
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 Dunvant, 37% and 20%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 7.2% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 83% of UK towns: 1.7%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Glamorgan’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns. Households with dependent children: 28% of the total.
Households in terraced houses: 17%, a lower share than 63% of UK towns
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
A third of households live in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 67% of UK towns: 98%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 7.8% (Wales’s towns: 23%). Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%) or in EU countries (1.8%). Across the comparison, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
8% of Dunvant’s residents say they can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 134 residents aged 3 and over, 8%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: fewer than in 88% of Welsh towns. Within West Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen has the largest share, 49%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns: 48%
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: 93% of Dunvant · West Glamorgan’s towns 90% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Across Wales’s towns, residents with no religion come to 47%. In Dunvant, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 90% across Wales’s towns.
In Dunvant, 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 69% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 10%, about the same as across Wales’s towns. In Dunvant, 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 38% across Wales’s towns.
40% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Dunvant’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 12% have no qualification (20%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 17%.
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Dunvant
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunvant | 1,732 | — | 46.7 | 26% | 28% |
| Gowerton | 7,447 | 1.2 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Three Crosses | 1,476 | 1.2 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 27% |
| Loughor | 4,632 | 2.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Gorseinon | 14,114 | 2.9 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 27% |
| Pen-clawdd | 1,655 | 3.1 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Bishopston | 3,533 | 3.1 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 24% |
| Penllergaer | 3,578 | 3.6 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 34% |
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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.
- “West Glamorgan’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Glamorgan (or Wales), summed the same way as Dunvant’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 Dunvant’s residents
What is the population of Dunvant?
The 2021 Census counted 1,732 people in Dunvant’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dunvant?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dunvant?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 90% across West Glamorgan’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dunvant?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Dunvant good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Dunvant’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Dunvant?
134 residents aged 3 and over, 8%, 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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