Johnston, Pembrokeshire: Difference between revisions

Johnston was founded as a small farming and mining<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_PAR1831&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=Y| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104171156/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_PAR1831&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=Y| archive-date = 2012-11-04| title = Johnston AP/CP through time {{!}} Industry Statistics {{!}} Males aged 20 & over, in 9 occupational categories}} </ref> village sometime before 1801 when 99 people lived in the village. Maps from 1579 show Johnston as an already established villageparish.<ref>{{cite web|title=PENBROKPenbrok comitat|publisher=British Library|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183108/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001map00000c7c1u00035000.html|website=The British Library|publisher=British Library|access-date=922 SeptemberJuly 20152024}}</ref> The population steadily grew to 600 in 1951 and almost doubled in the next 10 years to 1,133.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=N| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104171214/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=N| archive-date = 2012-11-04| title = Johnston AP/CP through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population}} </ref> Since then Johnston has had a steady population growth.

Johnston is a majority Christian village with 62.4 per cent of people identifying as Christian, 0.2 per cent as Buddhist, 0.4 per cent as Muslim, 0.5 per cent as "Other" and 26.5 per cent as having no religion. 9.7 per cent of people did not state a religion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2479 |title=ArchivedLead copyView Table |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504191650/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2479 |archive-date=4 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The majority of people, 72.8 per cent, were born in Wales. 23.5 per cent were born elsewhere in the United Kingdom (22 per cent in [[England]], 1.3 per cent in [[Scotland]] and 0.2 per cent in [[Northern Ireland]]). 0.3 per cent were born in [[Ireland]]; 1.2 per cent were born in countries that were members of the EU before 2001 while 0.4 per cent were born in EU countries that joined after 2001. 1.9 per cent were born in 'other countries'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2478 |title=ArchivedCheck copyBrowser Settings |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064028/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2478 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Johnston is not an ethnically diverse village with 99.55 per cent of the population identifying as White; 59.8 per cent identify only as [[Welsh people|Welsh]] and 6.7 per cent as Welsh and [[British people|British]]. 12.7 per cent identify only as [[English people|English]] while 1.2 per cent identify as English and British and 1 per cent identify as English and "other". 0.8 per cent identify as [[Scottish people|Scottish]] only while 0.2 per cent identify as Scottish and British, and 0.2 per cent as Scottish and "other". 0.2 er cent identified as [[Northern Irish]] only. 15.5 per cent identify only as British, while 8.7 per cent identify as British and "other". 75.8 per cent have no British identity while 32.5 per cent have no Welsh identity, and 1 per cent identify as Welsh and "other".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361997984092&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2529 |title=ArchivedCheck copyBrowser Settings |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071537/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361997984092&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2529 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011, 11.4 per cent of inhabitants could speak Welsh, down from 13.81 per cent in 2001, but 18.5 per cent had some Welsh language ability.<ref name="neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk">{{cite web| url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2533| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140504230413/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2533| archive-date = 2014-05-04| title = Lead View Table}} </ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6176954&c=SA62+3QG&d=14&e=16&g=416058&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1292424483218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=197| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120829061310/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6176954&c=SA62+3QG&d=14&e=16&g=416058&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1292424483218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=197| archive-date = 2012-08-29| title = Check Browser Settings}} </ref> This is lower than the overall percentage for Pembrokeshire and Wales, which are 19.2 and 19.0 respectively.<ref name="neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk"/>

On a county level, an [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the same name also exists. The current County Councillor is Aled Thomas, thiswho wardhas stretchesbeen tothe andincumbent includessince [[Tiers2022 Cross]].when Thethe currentprevious County Councillor is KenKenneth Rowlands stood down.

The places of worship are all located at the southern end of the village. The Anglican church of St Peter, in the Diocese of St David's<ref name=GENUKI>{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Johnston|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Johnston/index.html|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> and established as a mission church in 1894, became a Chapel of Ease to Saint Paul's Church, Pentre Broughton in 1908. It is a grade II* listed building dating from C15. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-11996-church-of-st-peter-johnston|title= Church of St Peter, Johnston|publisher= British Listed Buildings |access-date = 29 December 2013}}</ref> The nearby Baptist chapel was built in the first half of C20 in a modern style.

A meetinghouse for [[Thethe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) was opened in December 2012 and is home to the Milford Haven Branch.