Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:50 am – 9:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:22 am – 4:01 pm
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People6,151 residentsin the Llanfair Caereinion & Caersws census areaMedian age 51.42,683 households75% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright9% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.7% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 3,011 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: farming, forestry and fishing 15%, retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 14%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 62% go by car, 4% walk or cycle38% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages30% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 10°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 1°C1,091 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December54 days of air frost, 10 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 spacesDolerw Parkpark · 4.3 mi · 12 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes73 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199018 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202611 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 2.3 · PM2.5 4.3 · PM10 6.9 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband49% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband79% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)3.0% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,943 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation123 m404 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 117 to 150 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMontgomeryshire County Infirmary4.8 miGP surgeryNewtown Medical Centre4.7 miPharmacyAllied Pharmacy Newtown4.7 miDentistPark Street Clinic (Dental Surgery)4.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryCaersws C.p. School84 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryNewtown High School896 pupils4.6 miSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL62 miRailway stationCaerswsunder a mileBus stationNewtown Bus Station Stand 44.6 miFerryPorth Penrhyn Ferry LandingBarmouth30 miBus stops9 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SY17 postcode district.
