Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dolgarrog sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.9%)
98% of residents describe themselves as White British (Wales’s towns: 90%). In 2021, the Census found 429 residents in Dolgarrog, living in 190 households. On the census count, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 7.2%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
Half of Dolgarrog is over 49.5, older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
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.
Dolgarrog sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.7%)
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 work; in Dolgarrog, 22% and 32%. Full-time students are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.1% across Wales’s towns, for comparison.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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.
By its share of one-person households (33%), Dolgarrog is above 72% of UK towns. The usual figure: 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
14% of households live in a detached house, below 87% 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
Households without a car or van make up 17%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. At the same time, 1% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 14% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.1% of 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 96%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 7.4% across Wales’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in the rest of Europe (0.5%).
Welsh speakers make up 43% of Dolgarrog
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 178 residents aged 3 and over, 43%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
Dolgarrog: 53% of residents said they have no religion, above 97% 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: 98% of Dolgarrog · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (41%), Dolgarrog is below 91% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 47% of residents said they have no religion.
More adults who have never married than 69% of UK towns: 35%
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
Where 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns, Dolgarrog has 44%. One in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 74% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Among adults, 24% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 24% of adults in Dolgarrog, 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have no qualification, against 20%.
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Dolgarrog
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolgarrog | 429 | — | 49.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Llanrwst | 2,463 | 3.8 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 25% |
| Llansanffraid Glan Conwy | 1,663 | 5.8 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 20% |
| Penmaenmawr | 2,762 | 6.6 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 24% |
| Dwygyfylchi | 1,403 | 6.7 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 23% |
| Conwy | 15,706 | 7.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Llanfairfechan | 3,547 | 7.2 mi | 49.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 8.8 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 25% |
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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 Dolgarrog’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 Dolgarrog’s residents
What is the population of Dolgarrog?
The 2021 Census counted 429 people in Dolgarrog’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dolgarrog?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dolgarrog?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dolgarrog?
53% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Dolgarrog good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Dolgarrog’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Dolgarrog?
178 residents aged 3 and over, 43%, 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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