Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 43 min5:01 am – 9:44 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 46 min8:25 am – 4:11 pm
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People7,238 residentsin the St Davids & Letterston census areaMedian age 52.43,186 households72% of homes owner-occupied52% owned outright14% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,384 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, hospitality 12%, farming, forestry and fishing 11%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 58% go by car, 8% walk or cycle38% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: highs 19°C, lows 12°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 3°C1,041 mm of rain a year, 31 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November11 days of air frost, 1 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesChanter's Orchardpark · 2.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes8 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 2.0 on 6 Oct 200948 mi away, Llannon, CarmarthenshireMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 6 Oct 200948 mi away, Llannon, CarmarthenshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 1.6 · PM2.5 3.7 · PM10 6.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband52% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband91% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.0% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,619 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation75 m246 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 48 to 88 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWithybush General Hospital12 miGP surgerySolva Surgery1.6 miPharmacyWell2.8 miDentistD M Snape Bds12 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL87 miRailway stationFishguard & Goodwick12 miBus stationHaverfordwest Bus Station Bay 612 miFerrySt. Justinian Ferry LandingRhosson4.6 miBus stops3 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SA62 postcode district.
