Less than 20 per cent of people in Ammanford and Betws identify as British, according to the latest census data from the Office of National Statistics.

The data looks at ethnic groups, national identity, language and religion from across England and Wales, focusing on national and regional data.

For Ammanford and Betws, 12.1 per cent of people identified as British, compared with 6.8 identifying as Welsh and British, along with 1.1 per cent describing themselves as English and British.

Comparatively, 6.8 per cent of people in the area identified as English, with 68.2 per cent identifying as Welsh and not British.

Across the region, 96.9 per cent identified as White, while 1.4 per cent identified as Asian and 0.3 per cent as Black.

The data also found that 1.7 per cent of people within the region spoke a first language that was not either English or Welsh.

 

Some 44.6 per cent identified as Christian, with Islam being the chosen religion of 0.5 per cent of Ammanford and Betws’ population.

Another 0.3 per cent each identified as either Buddhist or Hindu, along with 0.1 per cent as Jewish. A further 48 per cent of people in the area identified as having no religion.

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Some 46.2 per cent of people across England and Wales identify as Christian - the first time it has fallen below 50 per cent.

The Archbishop of York said the country had “left behind the era when many people almost automatically identified as Christian.”

The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell said: “It’s not a great surprise that the census shows fewer people in this country identifying as Christian than in the past, but it still throws down a challenge to us not only to trust that God will build his kingdom on Earth but also to play our part in making Christ known.”