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50.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns

Detached houses are home to 63% of households, against 24% across Wales’s towns. Bwlchgwyn is home to 796 residents in 353 households, by the 2021 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% of the total. With a median age of 50.5, Bwlchgwyn is older than 87% of UK towns.

25%aged 65 or over 3.5%born abroad 353households

Ages

Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of UK towns: 8.1%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BwlchgwynWales’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns, against 25% in Bwlchgwyn. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 248.1%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6433%

65 and over25%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Bwlchgwyn

Wales

WomenMen

About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.2%

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

Full-time students4%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical4.9%

Semi-routine9.4%

Routine9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.9%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Bwlchgwyn

5.4%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.2%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0× Wales’s share

Compared with 8% across Wales’s towns, 4% of adults are full-time students here. To put it in context, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.

Households

One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 90% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 9.4%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 49%Shared houses and other 2%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Bwlchgwyn

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person24%

2 people44%

3 people16%

4 people11%

5 or more4.6%

Wales’s towns.

Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children; in Bwlchgwyn, 25%. Lower than in 70% of UK towns: 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.

Homes & cars

Only 4.6% of households have no car or van in Bwlchgwyn

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Bwlchgwyn

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.6%

One34%

Two39%

Three or more22%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

14% of households live in a terraced house (Wales’s towns: 29%). Across Wales’s towns, households without a car or van come to 21%.

Where people were born

100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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%

Bwlchgwyn

3.5%

Clwyd’s towns

6.6%

Wales’s towns

7.4%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.1%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Where 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns, Bwlchgwyn has 3.5%. 100% of residents have English or Welsh as their main language.

Welsh language

Of Bwlchgwyn’s residents, 16% can speak Welsh

Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh16%

Can speak, read and write Welsh12%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)27%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

The 2021 Census found 127 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 16% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 69% of them. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).

Ethnicity & religion

A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 76% of UK towns: 54%

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

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White1.8%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.1%

Black0%

Other0.1%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 97% of Bwlchgwyn · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion40%

Christian54%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer5.4%

0%30%60%

The figure for residents with no religion is 40% in Bwlchgwyn and 47% across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Arab (0.1%).

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners make up 59% in Bwlchgwyn, more than in 98% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership27%

Married or civil partnership59%

Separated1.5%

Divorced8.7%

Widowed3.7%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

83residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.6%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more3.5%

27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 38% across Wales’s towns. Locally, 11% of residents give unpaid care. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 43%.

Qualifications

Adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship6.3%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level43%

BwlchgwynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 43% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (20%).

Neighbours

Every neighbour of Bwlchgwyn has a younger population

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

CoedpoethTanyfronBryntegGwersylltHopeBradleyLeeswoodBwlchgwyn

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Bwlchgwyn	796	—	50.5	25%	25%
Coedpoeth	4,738	1.9 mi	45.1	23%	26%
Tanyfron	2,229	2.1 mi	36.2	10%	35%
Brynteg	9,229	2.7 mi	38.6	16%	32%
Gwersyllt	7,112	3.3 mi	40.4	18%	31%
Hope	4,422	3.7 mi	46.1	24%	29%
Bradley	1,316	3.9 mi	45.1	23%	29%
Leeswood	1,948	4.1 mi	44.1	18%	28%

More about Bwlchgwyn’s residents

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How to read these numbers

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 Bwlchgwyn’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 Bwlchgwyn’s residents

What is the population of Bwlchgwyn?

The 2021 Census counted 796 people in Bwlchgwyn’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Bwlchgwyn?

The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Bwlchgwyn?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Bwlchgwyn?

40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.

Is Bwlchgwyn good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Bwlchgwyn’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Bwlchgwyn?

127 residents aged 3 and over, 16%, 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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