Living in David’s Well, Powys

If you are thinking of moving to David's Well or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare David's Well to figures for Powys and nationally. These statistics can tell you if David's Well is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.

David's Well Property Ownership & Rental Statistics

David's Well Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment. David's Well is in the local authority with the lowest number of Universal Credit claimants in the area.David's Well is in the local authority with the highest number of Universal Credit claimants in the area.

These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in David's Well are dated . They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in David's Well than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.

David's Well Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics

Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner.

David's Well General Health Statistics

The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for David's Well. The percentage of residents in David's Well rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average.

David's Well Immigration Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of David's Well are from the UK Census of 2011. Since David's Well has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.

David's Well Education Statistics

These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of David's Well and are from the UK Census of 2011. David's Well has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. David's Well also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of David's Well are better educated than the average Wales citizen.

David's Well Age Distribution Statistics

The population of David's Well as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of David's Well is also older than the average, making David's Well a older persons location.

What is the population of David's Well and Powys?

The table below contains the populations figures for each ward in Powys including David's Well. These population ONS figures are estimated are dated Mid 2020.

Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.