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A town of 5,943 in Clwyd, Wales.
Bagillt grades D overall against UK towns: better than 11% of UK towns, and #33 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): median sale £168,000, 3.6 years of area income; rent £811 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £38,676; 4.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
The 3 things Bagillt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Bagillt is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 18 buildings inside Bagillt’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Bagillt. Best known first.
Abbey or priory · CadwBasingwerk Abbey100 m outside town, to the northwest
Castle · CadwCastell y Fflint2.1 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseMostyn Hall5 km outside town, to the northwest
CastleHalkyn Castle3.6 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumGreenfield Valley Rail and Steam Museumin townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bagillt.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Bagillt live with a disability. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.3 miles away. At the census, 77% of people in Bagillt called their health good or very good, lower than both Clwyd’s towns (79%) and Wales’s towns (78%). Also worth knowing: the nearest A&E to Bagillt is Arrowe Park Hospital, 7.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Bagillt | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.8% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy.
Some 486 pupils attend Bagillt’s three primaries. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield C.P. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 209 | – |
Violence came to 39.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above Clwyd’s towns (34.3) and Wales’s towns (33.8) alike. Reported offences in Bagillt came to 385 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 119. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Bagillt has more crime per resident than 84% of them. Of all the crimes, 55% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Behind the median of £168,000: 181 standard sales inside Bagillt’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private renters make up 15% of households, lower than both Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Owners make up 62% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £240,000 | 62 |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | 93 |
| Terraced | £131,000 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 13% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
35% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. The car took 85% of commuters, above both Clwyd’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%). Working from home was the norm for 13% of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Bagillt’s listed buildings include Basingwerk Abbey, Grade I. The national list protects one ancient monument in the town.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Half the people of Bagillt are older than 42.2. 19% of residents are 65 or over, below Clwyd’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (21%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Bagillt | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
18 listed buildings in Bagillt, 1 of them Grade I.
Holywell Junction Railway Station: Photo: Phil Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Greenfield House: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Betnea: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Valley Lodge: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 notable people were born in Bagillt.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagillt | 5,943 | — | D | A− | C− | D |
| Holywell | 7,741 | 1.5 | D | A− | D | D |
| Pentre Halkyn | 1,082 | 2.4 | — | B+ | B | B |
| Flint | 12,776 | 3.2 | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Northop | 1,030 | 5.3 | — | B− | A− | B |
| Neston | 14,963 | 5.4 | B | C | B | B |
| Heswall | 29,082 | 5.7 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
| Caldy | 1,227 | 5.7 | — | D− | A | A+ |
Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Caldy have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £168,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £131,000, semi-detached houses £160,000 and detached houses £240,000.
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Bagillt is a built-up area of 5,943 people, in the Flintshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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