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This map outlines Dolforwyn within its council area. Use Full screen for the layers: neighbourhood deprivation (IoD2025, England only) and nearby schools. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

People

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2,037
Resident population · 2024
0.6%
Population change · 2022 to 2024
1.1 percentage points lower than Wales
Powys 0.8%Wales 1.7%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Resident population
Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024Dolforwyn (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%)
Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2022-2024Dolforwyn (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£230,000
Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025
7% higher than Wales
Powys £250,000Wales £215,000
2.2%
Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier
About the same as Wales
Powys 4.2%Wales 2.4%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Median sale price
Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025Dolforwyn (Ward)aggregated, low quality
Based on 15 records. This percentage rests on a small number of records, so a single record moves it noticeably.
Change in median sale price over a year
Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024Dolforwyn (Ward)aggregated, low quality
Indicative figure. Estimated or partial data for this area: treat it as a guide rather than an exact figure.
Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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31.9%
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above · 2021
Powys figure
About the same as Wales
Wales 31.5%
18.9%
Adults with no qualifications · 2021
Powys figure
1 percentage points lower than Wales
Wales 19.9%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Powys (Council area)direct, high quality
Adults with no qualifications
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Powys (Council area)direct, high quality
Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Economy

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63
Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026
30.9 per 1,000
Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026
44% lower than Wales
Powys 46.1 per 1,000Wales 55.2 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices)
Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Dolforwyn (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents
Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Dolforwyn (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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34.9 per 1,000
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026
48% lower than Wales
Powys 62.5 per 1,000Wales 67.6 per 1,000
9
Charities registered here · Oct 2026
More than Wales here 4.4 per 1,000
Powys 5.8 per 1,000Wales 2.5 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents
police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk
Street-level crime (12 monthly files)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Year to Apr 2026Dolforwyn (Ward)estimated, medium quality
12 months to April 2026. 3.6% of Dyfed-Powys Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area
Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Oct 2026Dolforwyn (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Powys 5.8 per 1,000, Wales 2.5 per 1,000, here 4.4 per 1,000.
Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

The future

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How much of the work residents do generally available AI tools could speed up Powys figure

  • A small part 60.4%
  • Some 17.9%
  • Much 20.5%
  • Not yet assessed 1.2%

CareerMash staging data (11 Oct 2026), approved by the owner for this preview, subject to change; not yet independently validated

What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from its surroundings, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

Educationmedium confidence

Lower than Wales: Pupils eligible for free school meals (Wales) (Powys figure)

Pupils eligible for free school meals (Wales) is 11.9% in Powys council area (2025/26), compared with 20.5% in Wales (8.5 percentage points lower; n = 13,822).

Powys figure

11.9% Powys figure20.5% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Welsh Government: Schools census: pupils in maintained schools aged 5 to 15 eligible for free school meals, by local authority (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025/26
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
School summaries for Wales and Scotland. Wales and Scotland do not publish the same measures as England, and none are comparable with England's Ofsted, Key Stage 2 or GCSE Attainment 8 figures. For Wales we hold the January pupil census: pupils aged 5 to 15 in maintained schools and the share eligible for free school meals (eligibility rules changed with universal primary meals and transitional protection, so compare years with care). For Scotland we hold school-leaver attainment (share of leavers with five or more awards at SCQF level 5 or level 6) and the share in a positive initial destination, by the council area of the school. These describe the pupils and leavers of schools in the area, not its residents. Percentages for small councils rest on small numbers of leavers.
Limitations
  • Excludes pupils who are only transitionally protected.
  • This figure is for the Powys council area, not for Dolforwyn itself.
See Education
Economymedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Business enterprises per 1,000 residents (Powys figure)

Business enterprises per 1,000 residents is 65.0 per 1,000 in Powys council area (2026), compared with 33.3 per 1,000 in Wales (about 2.0 times the Wales rate; n = 135,059).

Powys figure

65 per 1,000 Powys figure33.3 per 1,000 Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: UK Business Counts (Inter-Departmental Business Register), enterprises and local units, via Nomis (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2026
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
Business counts. UK Business Counts count businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the ONS Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) at a March snapshot. An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with a degree of autonomy; a local unit is a single site of an enterprise, counted where the site is. Businesses below the VAT threshold and not running PAYE (many sole traders) are not included, so counts understate the smallest businesses. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5. Enterprises are placed in an area by where their head office or main site is registered with HMRC, which for multi-site firms may not be where staff work: local units are the better guide to where businesses operate. Size bands are by employment (employees plus working proprietors). Industry is the SIC 2007 section of the main activity.
Limitations
  • Residents are the mid-2024 estimate.
  • This figure is for the Powys council area, not for Dolforwyn itself.
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Homesmedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Change in private rents over a year (Powys figure)

Change in private rents over a year is 9.1% in Powys council area (Aug 2026), compared with 4.3% in Wales (4.8 percentage points higher).

Powys figure

9.1% Powys figure4.3% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
Aug 2026
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
Private rents (PIPR). The ONS Price Index of Private Rents measures the change in rents paid by private tenants, and publishes an average (mean) monthly rent per local authority from the same data. The figure is a mean, not a median, so a few very high rents pull it up, especially in London and where there are few lettings. It covers rents paid for homes let on the private market (not social rents) and reflects all tenancies in the stock, not only new lets, except in Scotland where the underlying data are mainly advertised new lets, which makes Scotland not directly comparable with England and Wales. Annual change is the change in the rental price index, not in the cash average. Rents are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation. Averages by number of bedrooms are held for the latest month only.
Limitations
  • Change in the rental price index.
  • This figure is for the Powys council area, not for Dolforwyn itself.
See Living here
Economymedium confidence

Larger share in "Agriculture, forestry and fishing": Business sites by industry (SIC section) (Powys figure)

In the breakdown "Business sites by industry (SIC section)" (2026), "Agriculture, forestry and fishing" makes up 33.6% in Powys council area, compared with 10.7% in Wales.

Powys figure

33.6% Powys figure10.7% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
2026
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
Business counts. UK Business Counts count businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the ONS Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) at a March snapshot. An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with a degree of autonomy; a local unit is a single site of an enterprise, counted where the site is. Businesses below the VAT threshold and not running PAYE (many sole traders) are not included, so counts understate the smallest businesses. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5. Enterprises are placed in an area by where their head office or main site is registered with HMRC, which for multi-site firms may not be where staff work: local units are the better guide to where businesses operate. Size bands are by employment (employees plus working proprietors). Industry is the SIC 2007 section of the main activity.
Limitations
  • This figure is for the Powys council area, not for Dolforwyn itself.
See Economy
The futurehigh confidence

Residents retired

29.5% of residents aged 16+ in Powys (the council area containing Dolforwyn) were retired on Census day, higher than the 21.6% for England and Wales (Census 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic).

29.5% here21.6% England and Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Geography
Ward, compared with England and Wales
Method
Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.
Limitations
  • Census day was 21 March 2021, during the pandemic and furlough.
  • Shown separately from other measures; no composite.
See The future
The futurehigh confidence

Residents working in agriculture, Forestry and fishing

9.4% of employed residents of Powys (the council area containing Dolforwyn) work in agriculture, Forestry and fishing, compared with 0.9% in England and Wales (Census 2021, by where residents live, not where the business is). Market exposure for this sector is not yet assessed.

9.4% here0.9% England and Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Geography
Ward, compared with England and Wales
Method
Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.
Limitations
  • Industry of the main job of residents in March 2021; not the location of businesses.
  • Describes composition only; it says nothing about the future of the sector.
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What's changing in Powys (council area)

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The ward itself has no dated records, so these are from the wider council area. They are events, not judgements.

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