Is-Gorfai
Is-Gorfai is a historic hundred in the county of Carnarvon. It was number 1 out of 10 (in population) in the county of Carnarvon and number 9 out of 90 in all of Wales.
Basic Statistics
Below is a snapshot of key statistics which are population, number of houses, and the female proportion of the population.

Family Occupations
This pie chart shows the principle occupation by family in Is-Gorfai. For Is-Gorfai, the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 14.34%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 26.38%, and other occupations made up 59.28%.
For comparison, for the entire county of Carnarvon the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 39.7%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 20.59%, and other occupations made up 39.7%.
For comparison, for the entire country of Wales (including the county of Monmouth), the proportion of families that was mainly involved in Agriculture were 42.27%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 28.6%, and other occupations made up 29.13%.
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Male Occupations
The bar chart shows a breakdown in occupations of males over 20 in the hundred of Is-Gorfai. The following is a proportion breakdown of each employment type (with comparisons to county and country levels):
Occupation | Is-Gorfai | Carnarvon | Wales |
---|---|---|---|
Agriculture Employing Labourers | 5.07% | 9.01% | 9.65% |
Agriculture Not Employing Labourers | 7.85% | 13.39% | 9.53% |
Agriculture that are Labourers | 12.59% | 26.09% | 27.22% |
Manufacturing | 0.11% | 0.86% | 4.29% |
Retail Trade or Handicraft | 31.95% | 19.36% | 22.51% |
Professional or other Education Occupation | 3.98% | 1.99% | 2.71% |
Labourers not in Agriculture | 31.35% | 21.07% | 17.48% |
Servants | 0.73% | 0.65% | 1.12% |
Other Occupations | 6.36% | 7.58% | 5.5% |
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Housing
This pie chart shows the houses in Is-Gorfai by completion and whether they were inhabited. For Is-Gorfai, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 94.49%. For houses being built, the proportion was 1.24%, and uninhabited made up 4.27%.
For comparison, for the entire county of Carnarvon, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 95.99%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.86%, and uninhabited made up 3.15%.
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%.
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