Photo: Born Acorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Coedpoeth, more than in 87% of UK towns
The share of married adults and civil partners is 45%, against 43% across Wales’s towns. 4,738 residents in 2,076 households: that is Coedpoeth at the 2021 Census. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% of the total. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in 62% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Coedpoeth’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Coedpoeth at 4,700 in 2011 and 4,400 in 2024, down 6%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 98% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A Welsh-speaking town
810 residents, 18% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 70% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A −6% change since 2011: slower than 98% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Coedpoeth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,700 people in 2011; 4,400 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+23%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (−17%).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 59% of UK towns: 23%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.1, Coedpoeth is older than 54% of UK towns. For comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6%. In Penrhyn Bay, the oldest of Clwyd’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coedpoeth, 45.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Coedpoeth
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 5.4% in Coedpoeth and 8% across Wales’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 62% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
Against a figure of 27% across Wales’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Coedpoeth comes in at 26%. 31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 58% of UK towns.
Households without a car or van make up 18% in Coedpoeth, more than in 65% of UK towns
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 detached houses at 26%, Coedpoeth is behind 57% of UK towns on that count. By contrast, this Clwyd town has more households in terraced houses than 56% of UK towns, at 22%. To put it in context, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
Only 3.6% of Coedpoeth’s residents were born outside the UK
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). On average, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 59% of UK towns.
A Welsh-speaking share of 18% in Coedpoeth
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 18% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (810 people): more than in 70% of Welsh towns. The highest share in Clwyd belongs to Llanfairfechan (44%).
Above 72% of UK towns: 44% of residents said they have no religion
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: 96% of Coedpoeth · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.2%). 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 58% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 35%, a higher share than 65% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers: 10%, near enough the figure across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. 146 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
A degree-level qualification for 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Coedpoeth, 28%, and 20% have none, against 20%.
262nd lowest median age among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Coedpoeth in age: Donington (45.1), Girton (45.1), Kempsey (45.2) and Melbourn (45.2).
The towns around Coedpoeth are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coedpoeth | 4,738 | — | 45.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Tanyfron | 2,229 | 0.8 mi | 36.2 | 10% | 35% |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 1.4 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 2.3 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 2.4 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 2.9 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | 3.3 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 3.4 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Coedpoeth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Coedpoeth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,428 people in 2021, against 4,738 in the built-up area.
- 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 Coedpoeth’s residents
What is the population of Coedpoeth?
The 2021 Census counted 4,738 people in Coedpoeth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,400 people in mid-2024, 6% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Coedpoeth?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coedpoeth?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coedpoeth?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Coedpoeth good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Coedpoeth’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Coedpoeth?
810 residents aged 3 and over, 18%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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