Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Bangor-on-Dee is over 54.8
Set against 24% across Wales’s towns, 62% of households live in a detached house in Bangor-on-Dee. There were 367 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 779 residents. Here, a fifth of households have dependent children. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
In Bangor-on-Dee, 35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.5%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 4.9%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across Wales’s towns, 8% of adults are full-time students; in Bangor-on-Dee, 4.6%. As a reference point, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.5%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.3 across Wales’s towns. The census found that 29% of households are one person living alone in Bangor-on-Dee. Across Wales’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 3.1%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 86% of UK towns: 9.3%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
With households in terraced houses at 17%, Bangor-on-Dee is behind 63% of UK towns on that count. On households in flats, Bangor-on-Dee sits lower than just over four fifths of UK towns: 5.3%. The usual figure: 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 97% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 10%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Here 99% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 96%. For comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (1.3%) and in EU countries (0.6%).
9.3% of people in Bangor-on-Dee speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
9.3% of residents aged 3 and over, 71 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, fewer than in 75% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). No town in Clwyd beats Llanfairfechan (44%).
Bangor-on-Dee ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 62%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 97% of Bangor-on-Dee · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 32%, against 47% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns.
Bangor-on-Dee ranks below 90% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers make up 12%, against 10% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, adults who have never married come to 38%. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 54%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (20%).
Every nearby town is younger than Bangor-on-Dee
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor-on-Dee | 779 | — | 54.8 | 35% | 20% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 2.2 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 2.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 4.5 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Holt | 1,084 | 5.1 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 5.1 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Ruabon | 3,414 | 5.5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Farndon | 2,227 | 5.7 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Clwyd’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Clwyd (or Wales), summed the same way as Bangor-on-Dee’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Bangor-on-Dee’s residents
What is the population of Bangor-on-Dee?
The 2021 Census counted 779 people in Bangor-on-Dee’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bangor-on-Dee?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bangor-on-Dee?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bangor-on-Dee?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Bangor-on-Dee good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Bangor-on-Dee’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Bangor-on-Dee?
71 residents aged 3 and over, 9.3%, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067, TS032). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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