Borrowing estimates for Powys, built from published survey rates and population figures.
93,700
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 93,700 adults in Powys held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 84% of adults in Wales held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
68,100
Credit card holders
An estimated 68,100 adults in Powys held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 61% of adults in Wales held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
26,800
Overdraft users
An estimated 26,800 adults in Powys were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 24% of adults in Wales were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
29,000
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 29,000 adults in Powys had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 26% of adults in Wales had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
25,700
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 25,700 adults in Powys used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in Wales used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
8,150
High-cost credit users
An estimated 8,150 adults in Powys held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 7.3% of adults in Wales held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
27,900
Low financial resilience
An estimated 27,900 adults in Powys had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 25% of adults in Wales had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
10,000
In financial difficulty
An estimated 10,000 adults in Powys were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in Wales were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 111,582 adults aged 18 and over in Powys (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
114,735
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Powys was 114,735 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.