Bryn Seion Chapel · Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Brynteg has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each
3,019 residents leave for work each working day, and 462 people come the other way. Set against UK towns, the Jobs & income grade of Brynteg is C−, #20 of 39 in Clwyd. Jobless benefits go to 3% of working-age residents; the typical UK town’s rate is 2.7%.
Where Brynteg stands out on work
More people leave for work than arrive
462 people come in to work and 3,019 residents go out, so Brynteg loses about 2,557 workers a day. Wrexham sends the most (125). The daily tide ↓
Journeys to work
Against 41% across Wales’ towns. 6% of commuters walk to work (10% across Wales’ towns). Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 and BRES, DWP claimant counts via Nomis, and ONS household income.
Brynteg earns C− for jobs and income
With four measures combined, it comes out better than 20% of UK towns: #20 of 39 in Clwyd.
Its strongest measure is getting to jobs without a car; its weakest, employment deprivation.
How the grade works
Each input is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more (higher income and job access are better; fewer claimants and less employment deprivation are better), the four ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. A town needs three of the four.
On a working day, Brynteg loses more workers than it gains
4,430 residents were in work at the 2021 Census; 1,866 people worked in Brynteg.
For every person who comes in to work, about 7 residents travel out. 6% of residents who travel to a workplace stay in the town; in the typical UK town of 2,500+ it’s 14%.
The middle of each bar is the same people: residents who work in the town or from home.
Most of Brynteg’s commuters who leave work in Wrexham and the places around
- Wrexham125
- Countryside50
- Gwersyllt38
- Coedpoeth24
- Rhosllannerchrugog22
- Tanyfron15
- Gresford13
- Acrefair and Cefn-mawr11
- Ruabon11
- Llay10
- Wrexham1,105
- Countryside519
- Pentre Maelor158
- Llay104
- Chester93
- Broughton91
- Gresford65
- Gwersyllt64
- Hawarden56
- Rhosllannerchrugog54
94% of residents who travel to a workplace work outside Brynteg; Wrexham takes the most (1,105). Coming the other way, Wrexham sends the most (125).
The ten places that send the most workers into Brynteg, and the ten where its residents most often work (Census 2021, by home and workplace). Line width is the number of people.
1,073 jobs, one in four in health and social care
BRES counts jobs, not people (a part-time job and a second job count once each), so it runs above the Census count of people working here (1,866). Small areas are shared out to the town by where their Census 2021 workers were based; kinds of work are BRES industry divisions (SIC 2007), rounded. Wales’ towns: all jobs in its built-up areas.
Jobs at workplaces in Brynteg (employees and working owners, ONS Business Register and Employment Survey 2024).
What households earn in Brynteg: £44,133 a year on average
Higher than 21% of UK towns of 2,500+; the typical town is £52,385. The whole council area of Wrexham averages £43,934.
The town figure is ONS’s neighbourhood (MSOA) estimates shared out by where the town’s residents live.
Total household income before tax, mean, year to March 2023 (ONS small-area estimates).
Not by car: 11% of Brynteg’s commuters walk, cycle or ride the bus or train
Median journey 5.7 km; typical UK town 8.4 km.
47% of journeys to work are under 5 km (3 miles), against 41% across Wales’ towns, and 7% are 30 km or more. Brynteg grades C for walkability: the share of commuters who walk, cycle or take public transport, against UK towns.
ONS Census 2021, TS061 (method of travel) and TS058 (distance, straight line from home to workplace), output areas summed. Census day fell in the third lockdown, so fewer people travelled than usual.
How residents who travel to work get there, and how far they go (Census 2021, not counting those working mainly at home).
Jobless claims in the Wrexham council area are below England and Wales’ rate
Claims everywhere stay higher than before the pandemic, partly because Universal Credit counts more people on low pay as looking for work.
The chart is the whole council area of Wrexham, which Nomis publishes monthly; the figures above the line are for Brynteg’s built-up area. Claimant count: people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, or Universal Credit while required to look for work. Employment deprivation counts people out of work on Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Carer’s Allowance or the Universal Credit equivalents (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025). The “most deprived tenth” compares areas within Wales only.
Claimant rate since 2015: people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 (DWP, via Nomis).
In work, studying or retired: 61% of Brynteg’s adults work
ONS Census 2021, tables TS066 (economic activity) and TS063 (occupation), output areas summed to the built-up area. Wales’ towns: everyone living in its built-up areas.
Everyone 16 and over, by what they were doing the week before the 2021 Census, and the jobs of those in work.
How Brynteg ranks: 357th of 479 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Jobs per worker | Work in own town | Claimants | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twyford Berkshire | 8,072 | 0.9 | 11% | 1.5% | £82K | A+ |
| 2 | Esher Surrey | 9,484 | 1.6 | 12% | 1.6% | £91K | A+ |
| 3 | Whiteley Hampshire | 9,350 | 6.4 | 16% | 1.3% | £78K | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Broughton Clwyd | 6,532 | 3 | 21% | 1.9% | £48K | B |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Gwersyllt Clwyd | 7,112 | 0.4 | 5% | 2.7% | £45K | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 355 | Royston South Yorkshire | 10,755 | 0.3 | 7% | 2.8% | £43K | C− |
| 356 | Totnes Devon | 9,217 | 1.3 | 32% | 3.2% | £47K | C− |
| 357 | Brynteg Clwyd | 9,229 | 0.2 | 6% | 3% | £44K | C− |
| 358 | Bolton upon Dearne South Yorkshire | 7,440 | 0.4 | 6% | 3.1% | £41K | C− |
| 359 | Stakeford Northumberland | 8,197 | 0.4 | 8% | 2.8% | £41K | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 374 | Mold Clwyd | 9,890 | 1.6 | 26% | 3.7% | £45K | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 479 | Mablethorpe Lincolnshire | 7,633 | 1.1 | 39% | 5.2% | £30K | D− |
Jobs & income letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Brynteg, and others in Clwyd.
The work picture around Brynteg
| Town | People | Jobs | Work in own town | Claimants | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 1,073 | 6% | 3% | C− |
| Tanyfron | 2,229 | 206 | 1% | 2% | C+ |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 1,148 | 5% | 2.7% | C− |
| Coedpoeth | 4,738 | 647 | 6% | 2.5% | C− |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 124 | 1% | 3.1% | C− |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 650 | 4% | 2.3% | C+ |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 27,774 | 40% | 3.6% | C− |
| Llay | 4,666 | 2,555 | 12% | 3% | C− |
Jobs based in each place, commuters who stay in their own town, and the claimant rate.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in lockdown. Census day was 21 March 2021, during the third national lockdown: many people were furloughed or working from home, so fewer travelled to work, and journeys were shorter, than before the pandemic or since. The flows on this page show where people worked that spring.
- At home and no fixed place are one figure. In the workplace flows, ONS puts people who mainly worked at home and people with no fixed workplace (drivers, builders, care workers on rounds) at their home address, so the two can’t be told apart there.
- Towns are built-up areas. Brynteg here is ONS’s built-up area: the town as built, not its council district. A workplace on an estate or farm outside every built-up area counts as “outside any built-up area”.
- Jobs are counted where they are. BRES counts jobs at each workplace (employees and working owners, rounded by ONS), so a town with a hospital, university or big employer can have more jobs than working residents. Small areas are shared out to towns by where their Census workers were based.
- The benefits chart is the council area. Nomis publishes the claimant count monthly for councils back to 2013, so the line is Wrexham as a whole; the claimant rate elsewhere on this page is Brynteg’s built-up area, from small areas.
Questions about work in Brynteg
Where do people in Brynteg work?
At the 2021 Census, 6% of Brynteg’s residents who travelled to work worked in the town itself; the most common other places were Wrexham (1,105), Pentre Maelor (158) and Llay (104). 27% of working residents worked mainly at home or had no fixed workplace; the Census was taken in lockdown, so home working was unusually high.
How many people commute into Brynteg?
462 people who lived elsewhere worked in Brynteg at the 2021 Census, 25% of its 1,866 workers. The most came from Wrexham (125), Gwersyllt (38) and Coedpoeth (24). 3,019 residents travelled out the other way.
How many jobs are there in Brynteg?
About 1,070 jobs (employees and working owners) were based in Brynteg in 2024, on ONS’s Business Register and Employment Survey: 0.2 for every resident in work, against 0.7 in the typical UK town. The biggest kinds of work are social work and home care (about 160), road and rail transport (about 140) and recruitment and staffing (about 140).
Is Brynteg a good place to find work?
Brynteg earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 20% of UK towns on household income, the claimant rate, employment deprivation and access to jobs together. Mean household income £44,133; 3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
How do people in Brynteg get to work?
86% of commuters go by car or van, 6% walk, 1% cycle and 5% take the bus or train; 47% travel under 5 km. Census 2021, taken during lockdown.
What is the average household income in Brynteg?
Mean household income before tax was £44,133 in the year to March 2023 (ONS), against £52,385 in the typical UK town.
Sources: ONS Census 2021 origin-destination data, place of work (ODWP01EW), output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · ONS Census 2021 tables TS058 (distance), TS061 (method of travel), TS063 (occupation) and TS066 (economic activity) · ONS Business Register and Employment Survey via Nomis (open access), by industry division · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023); House of Commons Library MSOA names · DWP claimant count via Nomis (towns January to August 2026; councils, regions and England and Wales monthly since January 2015) · Welsh Government, Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 · DfT Transport Connectivity Metric (employment) · 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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