Knighton
Knighton is a historic hundred in the county of Radnor. It was number 1 out of 6 (in population) in the county of Radnor and number 70 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 Knighton. For Knighton, the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 53.52%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 24.41%, and other occupations made up 22.07%.
For comparison, for the entire county of Radnor the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 64.25%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 21.07%, and other occupations made up 14.68%.
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 Knighton. The following is a proportion breakdown of each employment type (with comparisons to county and country levels):
| Occupation | Knighton | Radnor | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Employing Labourers | 15.51% | 16.46% | 9.65% |
| Agriculture Not Employing Labourers | 16.13% | 14.53% | 9.53% |
| Agriculture that are Labourers | 34.41% | 39.1% | 27.22% |
| Manufacturing | 0.92% | 0.67% | 4.29% |
| Retail Trade or Handicraft | 20.12% | 18.81% | 22.51% |
| Professional or other Education Occupation | 2.0% | 1.93% | 2.71% |
| Labourers not in Agriculture | 6.76% | 3.7% | 17.48% |
| Servants | 1.15% | 0.96% | 1.12% |
| Other Occupations | 3.0% | 3.84% | 5.5% |
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Housing
This pie chart shows the houses in Knighton by completion and whether they were inhabited. For Knighton, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 96.27%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.41%, and uninhabited made up 3.32%.
For comparison, for the entire county of Radnor, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 96.0%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.39%, and uninhabited made up 3.61%.
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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