Younger than 97% of UK towns: half of Clawdd Poncen is under 33.8
Where just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns, Clawdd Poncen has 31%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 100% of the total. At 44%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 96% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 280 residents and 117 households in the village.
In Clawdd Poncen, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (11%), Clawdd Poncen is above 86% of UK towns. The wider picture: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Clawdd Poncen has 9% and 40%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.1%. The benchmark for full-time students across Wales’s towns: 8%.
More people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 41% of households
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, nearly a third of households are one person living alone. Here, 27% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 5.8%
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
By its share of households in flats (20%), Clawdd Poncen is above 83% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Clawdd Poncen ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 1.1%
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 98% in Clawdd Poncen and 96% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.
Welsh in Clawdd Poncen: 28% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 77 residents aged 3 and over, 28%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 81% of Welsh towns. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
Clawdd Poncen sits above 98% of UK towns for residents with no religion (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
White British, not charted: 100% of Clawdd Poncen · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 37% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Wales’s towns: 47%.
Only 28% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Clawdd Poncen
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
15 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. For comparison, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 52% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Compared with 10% across Wales’s towns, 7.9% of residents give unpaid care here.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 9.7% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 9.7% of adults in Clawdd Poncen, 31% across Wales’s towns; 37% have no qualification, against 20%.
Every nearby town is older than Clawdd Poncen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clawdd Poncen | 280 | — | 33.8 | 19% | 27% |
| Ruthin | 5,700 | 9.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 24% |
| Llangollen | 3,048 | 9.1 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Y Bala | 1,993 | 10.6 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 23% |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 11.9 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Clawdd Poncen’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 Clawdd Poncen’s residents
What is the population of Clawdd Poncen?
The 2021 Census counted 280 people in Clawdd Poncen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clawdd Poncen?
The median age was 33.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clawdd Poncen?
100% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 1.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clawdd Poncen?
54% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Clawdd Poncen good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Clawdd Poncen’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Clawdd Poncen?
77 residents aged 3 and over, 28%, 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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