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- In 2020, there were 598k residents in Gwent county with an average age of 41.6 years.
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Jun 28, 2022 · The new population of Wales is 3,107,500 - up from 3,063,456 on Census day in 2011 - and the highest since censuses began 220 years ago. The rate of growth in Wales across the last decade (1.4%)...
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Our previous article How many people live in Wales?explains the usual resident population of Wales on 21 March 2021 was estimated to be 3,107,500. An increase of 44,000 (1.4%) since the 2011 Census. Newport (9.5%) had the highest population growth since 2011, followed by Cardiff (4.7%) and Bridgend (4.5%). Seven local authorities experienced popula...
2.9 million usual residents aged three years and over spoke English or Welsh as their main language(96.7% of the population). Polish was the most common main language after English or Welsh at 0.7% of the population followed by Arabic (0.3%). British Sign Language (BSL) was the main language of 900 (0.03%) usual residents aged three years and over ...
2.9 million usual residents in Wales identified within the ethnic groupcategory ‘White’, 93.8% compared to 95.6% in 2011. 90.6% identified as ‘White: Welsh, English, Scottish, Northern Irish or British’ in 2021. The next largest category in Wales in 2021 was ‘Asian, Asian Welsh or Asian British’ (2.9%), followed by ‘Mixed or multiple ethnic groups ...
Over half (55.2%) of the usual residents in Wales identified with a ’Welsh’ only identity, 1.7 million people. This is a decrease from 57.5% in 2011. Local authorities with the largest percentages of ‘Welsh’ only identity included Merthyr Tydfil (70.0%), Rhondda Cynon Taf (69.8%), and Caerphilly (69.2%), while Flintshire (34.7%) had the smallest pr...
1.4 million usual residents in Wales reported that they had ‘No religion’in 2021 . This represent 46.5% of the population compared to 32.1% in 2011. More people reported ‘No religion’ than any single religious affiliation. In England and Wales Caerphilly (56.7%), Blaenau Gwent (56.4%) and Rhondda Cynon Taf (56.2%) had the highest percentages of peo...
As the 2021 Census took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and furlough measures have impacted on the labour market and travel to work data. On 21 March 2021, 1.45 million usual residents aged 16 and over in Wales were economically active(56.5%). 1.11 million were economically inactive (43.5%) of whom 631,700 were retired. The industry ‘H...
The 2021 Census was the first to ask people if they have either previously served in the regular forces, reserve force or both. Around 115,000 people in Wales reported in 2021 they had previously served in the UK armed forces, this represents 4.5% of usual residents aged 16 or older. This is a higher percentage than England where 3.8% (1.7 million)...
Further topic summaries on education; housing; health, disability and unpaid care; and sexual orientation and gender identity are due to be released in January 2023, along with data at ward level. Article by Helen Jones, Senedd Research, Welsh Parliament
Jun 28, 2022 · The population of England and Wales is the largest ever recorded. There were 59,597,300 people living in England and Wales on 21 March 2021, the day of the latest census. This is over 3.5 million...
Jun 28, 2022 · There are currently 66,900 people who call Blaenau Gwent their usual home. Wales' population is also at its highest on record, up by 1.4 per cent to 3,107,500 in 2021.
In the latest census, around 58,900 Blaenau Gwent residents said they were born in Wales. This represented 88.0% of the local population. The figure has decreased from just over 63,000 in 2011,...
Jun 28, 2022 · On Census Day, 21 March 2021, the size of the usual resident population in England and Wales was 59,597,300 (56,489,800 in England and 3,107,500 in Wales); this was the largest population ever ...
Gwent population statistics. In 2020, there were 598k residents in Gwent county with an average age of 41.6 years. Population density was 386 residents per square kilometer. Population grew by 7.8% since 2002 and population average age increased by 2.5 years in the same period. Based on Census, there were 2.38 residents per household in 2011.
