asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what proportion of people of pensionable age in each district authority area in Wales live alone.
The most recent information is that collected at the 1981 census and is given in the following table:
| Persons of pensionable age1 | ||
| Number in one person households2 | As a percentage of all persons of pensionable age | |
| Alyn and Deeside | 2,795 | 26·4 |
| Colwyn | 4,015 | 29·1 |
| Number in one person households2 | As a percentage of all persons of pensionable age | |
| Delyn | 2,893 | 27·4 |
| Glyndwr | 2,253 | 27·3 |
| Rhuddlan | 3,953 | 23·7 |
| Wrexham Maelor | 5,579 | 29·6 |
| Total Clwyd | 21,488 | 28·3 |
| Carmarthen | 2,654 | 25·6 |
| Ceredigion | 3,429 | 28·2 |
| Dinefwr | 2,070 | 25·8 |
| Llanelli | 4,231 | 27·2 |
| Preseli | 3,176 | 28·1 |
| South Pembrokeshire | 1,858 | 27·0 |
| Total Dyfed | 17,418 | 27·1 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 4,312 | 28·8 |
| Islwyn | 2,899 | 27·1 |
| Monmouth | 3,080 | 25·5 |
| Newport | 6,133 | 28·3 |
| Torfaen | 4,003 | 28·6 |
| Total Gwent | 20,427 | 27·8 |
| Aberconwy | 3,742 | 28·0 |
| Arfon | 3,248 | 33·6 |
| Dwyfor | 1,705 | 27·2 |
| Meirionnydd | 2,189 | 30·8 |
| Ynys Mon | 3,354 | 28·3 |
| Total Gwynedd | 14,238 | 29·5 |
| Cynon Valley | 3,666 | 29·7 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 3,299 | 30·6 |
| Ogwr | 5,403 | 24·8 |
| Rhondda | 4,374 | 27·4 |
| Rhymney Valley | 4,137 | 28·0 |
| Taff-Ely | 3,490 | 27·6 |
| Total Mid Glamorgan | 24,369 | 27·6 |
| Brecknock | 2,155 | 26·9 |
| Montgomery | 2,356 | 25·7 |
| Radnor | 1,117 | 24·7 |
| Total Powys | 5,628 | 25·9 |
| Cardiff | 13,568 | 28·1 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 4,492 | 26·2 |
| Total South Glamorgan | 18,060 | 27·6 |
| Afan | 2,517 | 27·2 |
| Lliw Valley | 3,076 | 26·6 |
| Neath | 3,466 | 27·0 |
| Swansea | 9,111 | 27·1 |
| Total West Glamorgan | 18,170 | 27·0 |
| Wales Total | 139,798 | 27·7 |
| 1 Retirement age is defined as aged 65 and over for males and aged 60 and over for females. | ||
| 2 Excludes absent households | ||
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people there are of retirement age in each district authority area of Wales; and how many and what proportion of these are (a) married,(b) single men and (c) single women.
The most recent information is that collected at the 1981 census. The data in the following table are derived from the county reports.
Usually resident population of retirement age1
| |||||||
Total Number
| Married
| Single Males2
| Single Females2
| ||||
Number
| per cent.
| Number
| per cent.
| Number
| per cent.
| ||
| Alyn and Deeside | 10,578 | 6,146 | 58·1 | 224 | 2·1 | 522 | 4·9 |
| Colwyn | 13,782 | 7,338 | 53·2 | 280 | 2·0 | 1,529 | 11·1 |
| Delyn | 10,569 | 5,745 | 54·4 | 242 | 2·3 | 725 | 6·9 |
| Glyndwr | 8,252 | 4,381 | 53·1 | 281 | 3·4 | 733 | 8·9 |
| Rhuddlan | 13,769 | 7,564 | 54·9 | 249 | 1·8 | 1,144 | 8·3 |
| Wrexham Maelor | 18,855 | 10,102 | 53·6 | 477 | 2·5 | 1,080 | 5·7 |
| Total Clwyd | 75,805 | 41,276 | 54·5 | 1,753 | 2·3 | 5,733 | 7·6 |
| Carmarthen | 10,356 | 5,144 | 49·7 | 448 | 4·3 | 975 | 9·4 |
| Ceredigion | 12,171 | 6,235 | 51·2 | 459 | 3·8 | 1,288 | 10·6 |
| Dinefwr | 8,023 | 4,202 | 52·4 | 254 | 3·2 | 607 | 7·6 |
| Llanelli | 15,553 | 8,135 | 52·3 | 442 | 2·8 | 979 | 6·3 |
| Preseli | 11,321 | 5,879 | 51·9 | 347 | 3·1 | 812 | 7·2 |
| South Pembrokeshire | 6,874 | 3,690 | 53·7 | 199 | 2·9 | 521 | 7·6 |
| Total Dyfed | 64,298 | 33,285 | 51·8 | 2,149 | 3·3 | 5,182 | 8·1 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 14,950 | 7,799 | 52·2 | 517 | 3·5 | 663 | 4·4 |
| Islwyn | 10,692 | 5,844 | 54·7 | 299 | 2·8 | 406 | 3·8 |
| Monmouth | 12,068 | 6,535 | 54·1 | 448 | 3·7 | 815 | 6·8 |
| Newport | 21,698 | 11,544 | 53·2 | 557 | 2·6 | 1,194 | 5·5 |
| Torfaen | 14,003 | 7,787 | 55·6 | 402 | 2·9 | 638 | 4·6 |
| Total Gwent | 73,411 | 39,509 | 53·8 | 2,223 | 3·0 | 3,716 | 5·1 |
| Aberconwy | 13,367 | 7,127 | 53·3 | 290 | 2·2 | 1,377 | 10·3 |
| Arfon | 9,660 | 4,562 | 47·2 | 270 | 2·8 | 865 | 9·0 |
| Dwyfor | 6,263 | 3,136 | 50·1 | 257 | 4·1 | 668 | 10·7 |
| Meironnydd | 7,111 | 3,532 | 49·7 | 237 | 3·3 | 774 | 10·9 |
| Ynys Mon | 11,858 | 6,288 | 53·0 | 381 | 3·2 | 984 | 8·3 |
| Total Gwynedd | 48,259 | 24,645 | 51·1 | 1,435 | 3·0 | 4,668 | 9·7 |
| Cynon Valley | 12,332 | 6,129 | 49·7 | 405 | 3·3 | 774 | 6·3 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 10,793 | 5,249 | 48·6 | 379 | 3·5 | 701 | 6·5 |
| Ogwr | 21,769 | 11,601 | 53·3 | 694 | 3·2 | 1,282 | 5·9 |
| Rhondda | 15,985 | 7,769 | 48·6 | 555 | 3·5 | 1,072 | 6·7 |
| Rhymney Valley | 14,773 | 7,616 | 51·6 | 458 | 3·1 | 698 | 4·7 |
| Taff-Ely | 12,632 | 6,543 | 51·8 | 382 | 3·0 | 723 | 5·7 |
| Total Mid Glamorgan | 88,284 | 44,907 | 50·9 | 2,873 | 3·3 | 5,250 | 6·0 |
| Brecknock | 8,005 | 4,132 | 51·6 | 370 | 4·6 | 702 | 8·8 |
| Montgomery | 9,166 | 4,943 | 53·9 | 453 | 4·9 | 754 | 8·2 |
| Radnor | 4,525 | 2,525 | 55·8 | 228 | 5·0 | 363 | 8·0 |
| Total Powys | 21,696 | 11,600 | 53·5 | 1,051 | 4·8 | 1,819 | 8·4 |
| Cardiff | 48,253 | 24,599 | 51·0 | 1,341 | 2·8 | 3,667 | 7·6 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 17,173 | 9,383 | 54·6 | 350 | 2·0 | 1,099 | 6·4 |
| Total South Glamorgan | 65,426 | 33,982 | 51·9 | 1,691 | 2·6 | 4,766 | 7·3 |
| Afan | 9,251 | 4,927 | 53·3 | 276 | 3·0 | 450 | 4·9 |
| Lliw Valley | 11,569 | 6,108 | 52·8 | 334 | 2·9 | 699 | 6·0 |
| Neath | 12,828 | 6,721 | 52·4 | 353 | 2·8 | 746 | 5·8 |
| Swansea | 33,621 | 17,828 | 53·0 | 812 | 2·4 | 2,147 | 6·4 |
| Total West Glamorgan | 67,269 | 35,584 | 52·9 | 1,775 | 2·6 | 4,042 | 6·0 |
| Wales Total | 504,448 | 264,788 | 52·5 | 14,950 | 3·0 | 35,176 | 7·0 |
1 Retirement age is defined as aged 65 and over for males and aged 60 and over for females. | |||||||
2 Does not include persons who are either widowed or divorced. | |||||||