Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns, at 42%
Across Wales’s towns, households average 2.3 people; in Corwen, 2. At 36%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 96% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 431 residents and 216 households here. Households in flats account for 17%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%. The median age in Corwen is 47.6, higher than in 72% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Corwen ranks above 65% of UK towns on full-time students: 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
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; Corwen has 22% and 32%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. Typically, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 94% of UK towns: 20% of households have dependent children
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.9%, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across Wales’s towns: 27%.
Corwen ranks above 95% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 42%
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
The share of households in detached houses trails 70% of UK towns: 21%. For comparison, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 22% of households have no car or van.
In Corwen, 95% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 79% 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
Across Wales’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK; in Corwen, 8.4%. The usual figure: 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%).
44% of Corwen’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (187 people): more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Within Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the largest share, 44%.
48% said they have no religion, more than in 89% of UK towns
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: 93% of Corwen · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 42% in Corwen. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 47% across Wales’s towns. The census found that 93% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
40% of adults have never married, more than in 90% 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
Compared with 10% across Wales’s towns, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care here. For comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 17 residents.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Corwen, 17%, while 28% hold one at degree level (31%).
Of the 4 towns nearest Corwen, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corwen | 431 | — | 47.6 | 18% | 20% |
| Llangollen | 3,048 | 8.9 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Ruthin | 5,700 | 9.6 mi | 46 | 25% | 24% |
| Y Bala | 1,993 | 10.4 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 23% |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 11.7 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Corwen’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 Corwen’s residents
What is the population of Corwen?
The 2021 Census counted 431 people in Corwen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Corwen?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Corwen?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Corwen?
48% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Corwen good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Corwen’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Corwen?
187 residents aged 3 and over, 44%, 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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