Brecon is a historic county in Wales.
It was number 11 out of 13 (in population) in all of Wales.
This pie chart shows the principle occupation by family in Brecon. For Brecon, the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 40.2%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 30.0%, and other occupations made up 29.8%.
For comparison, for the entire country of Wales (including the county of Monmouth), the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 42.27%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 28.6%, and other occupations made up 29.13%.
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The bar chart shows a breakdown in occupations of males over 20 in the county of Brecon. The following is a proportion breakdown of each employment type (with comparisons to country level statistics):
Agriculture Employing Labourers: Brecon: 10.22%, Wales: 9.65%.
Agriculture Not Employing Labourers: Brecon: 9.46%, Wales: 9.53%.
Agriculture that are Labourers: Brecon: 23.09%, Wales: 27.22%.
Manufacturing: Brecon: 4.51%, Wales: 4.29%.
Retail Trade or Handicraft: Brecon: 23.06%, Wales: 22.51%.
Professional or other Education Occupation: Brecon: 2.87%, Wales: 2.71%.
Labourers not in Agriculture: Brecon: 20.84%, Wales: 17.48%.
Servants: Brecon: 1.67%, Wales: 1.12%.
Other Occupations: Brecon: 4.27%, Wales: 5.5%.
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This pie chart shows the houses in Brecon by completion and whether they were inhabited. For Brecon, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 93.76%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.84%, and uninhabited made up 5.4%.
For comparison, for the entire country of Wales (including the county of Monmouth), the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 95.35%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.8%, and uninhabited made up 3.84%.
Click on the graph to see the numbers in each type of housing.