Rhayader is a historic hundred in the county of Radnor.
It was number 3 out of 6 (in population) in the county of Radnor and number 79 out of 90 in all of Wales.
This pie chart shows the principle occupation by family in Rhayader. For Rhayader, the proportion of families that were mainly involved in Agriculture was 64.48%. In Manufacture and Trade, the proportion was 20.69%, and other occupations made up 14.83%.
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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The bar chart shows a breakdown in occupations of males over 20 in the hundred of Rhayader. The following is a proportion breakdown of each employment type (with comparisons to county and country levels):
Agriculture Employing Labourers: Rhayader: 20.16%, Radnor: 16.46%, Wales: 9.65%.
Agriculture Not Employing Labourers: Rhayader: 18.17%, Radnor: 14.53%, Wales: 9.53%.
Agriculture that are Labourers: Rhayader: 30.28%, Radnor: 39.1%, Wales: 27.22%.
Manufacturing: Rhayader: 1.9%, Radnor: 0.67%, Wales: 4.29%.
Retail Trade or Handicraft: Rhayader: 18.51%, Radnor: 18.81%, Wales: 22.51%.
Professional or other Education Occupation: Rhayader: 1.99%, Radnor: 1.93%, Wales: 2.71%.
Labourers not in Agriculture: Rhayader: 4.24%, Radnor: 3.7%, Wales: 17.48%.
Servants: Rhayader: 0.87%, Radnor: 0.96%, Wales: 1.12%.
Other Occupations: Rhayader: 3.89%, Radnor: 3.84%, Wales: 5.5%.
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This pie chart shows the houses in Rhayader by completion and whether they were inhabited. For Rhayader, the proportion of houses that were inhabited was 95.27%. For houses being built, the proportion was 0.59%, and uninhabited made up 4.14%.
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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