This briefing aims to highlight the material makeup of unpaid carers in Wales as discovered by the 2021 Census.

This briefing will discuss:

• Gender
• Age
• Caring intensity
• Deprivation
• Comparisons with England
• Comparisons with the 2011 Census
• Information on a Local Health Board level
• Information on a Local Authority Level

Across Wales, there were 310,751 people who identified themselves as an unpaid carer in the 2021 census. This equates to nearly 10.5% of the population of Wales. This is higher than in England where 8.9% of the population identified as unpaid carers.

Bydd fersiwn Gymraeg yr adroddiad hwn ar gael yn fuan.

Gwiriwch yn ôl ar y dudalen hon neu e-bostiwch info@carerswales.org i dderbyn y papur briffio hwn yn Gymraeg unwaith y bydd ar gael.