Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 58.2: Port-Eynon is older than 99% of UK towns
In Port-Eynon, 14% of households have dependent children, beside 27% across Wales’s towns. Households in detached houses: 65% of the total. At 9%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 87% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 213, in 96 households.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 40%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns, against 7.4% in Port-Eynon. Elsewhere, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 3.8% in Port-Eynon, less than in 90% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 49% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). By way of comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.5%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
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.
3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across Wales’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 32% in Port-Eynon.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1%
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: 13% here and 29% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 81% of UK towns: 3.8%
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
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 96% across Wales’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Set beside that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
11% of residents speak Welsh in Port-Eynon
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 24, or 11% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 55% of them. In West Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen has the highest share (49%).
Port-Eynon: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 85% 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: 96% of Port-Eynon · West Glamorgan’s towns 90% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Here 38% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 47%. To put it in context, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 51% in Port-Eynon.
Only 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Port-Eynon
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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 95% of UK towns: 58%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 8.1% in Port-Eynon. The usual figure: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Port-Eynon, 8.1%, while 46% hold one at degree level (31%).
No nearby town is as old as Port-Eynon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Eynon | 213 | — | 58.2 | 40% | 14% |
| Southgate | 1,938 | 5.6 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 23% |
| Bishopston | 3,533 | 7.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 24% |
| Pen-clawdd | 1,655 | 7.9 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Three Crosses | 1,476 | 8.4 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 27% |
| Dunvant | 1,732 | 9.3 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 28% |
| Pwll | 1,305 | 9.7 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 20% |
| Burry Port | 4,966 | 9.9 mi | 51 | 28% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Port-Eynon’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 Port-Eynon’s residents
What is the population of Port-Eynon?
The 2021 Census counted 213 people in Port-Eynon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Port-Eynon?
The median age was 58.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Port-Eynon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 90% across West Glamorgan’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Port-Eynon?
38% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Port-Eynon good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Port-Eynon’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Port-Eynon?
24 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, 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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