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52.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Households with dependent children make up 14% in Ffynnongroyw, less than in 99% of UK towns

Half of Ffynnongroyw’s residents are over 52.8, older than in 94% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 495 residents and 263 households here. On the census count, 46% of households live in a terraced house. Households in Ffynnongroyw hold 1.9 people on average (Wales’s towns: 2.3).

25%aged 65 or over 4.2%born abroad 263households

Ages

Ffynnongroyw ranks above 75% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%

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

FfynnongroywWales’s towns

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

Ffynnongroyw sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, about the same as across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 158.3%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4418%

45 to 6436%

65 and over25%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Ffynnongroyw

Wales

WomenMen

About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 75% of UK towns

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 students4.6%

Higher managerial and professional6.8%

Lower managerial and professional19%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed9.7%

Supervisory and technical8.1%

Semi-routine14%

Routine16%

Never worked or long-term unemployed11%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Ffynnongroyw

7.5%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.5%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

1.1× Wales’s share

Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Ffynnongroyw has 26% and 30%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 4.6% of adults are full-time students.

Households

One-person households make up 46% in Ffynnongroyw, more than in 99% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 21%Living alone, under 66 25%Families with dependent children 14%Couples and families, no young children 38%Shared houses and other 2.3%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Ffynnongroyw

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person46%

2 people31%

3 people16%

4 people2.7%

5 or more3.8%

Wales’s towns.

2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across Wales’s towns, the share of one-person households is 32%.

Homes & cars

A smaller share of households in flats than 76% of UK towns: 6.4%

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

Type of home

Ffynnongroyw

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van15%

One49%

Two23%

Three or more13%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

The figure for households without a car or van is 15% in Ffynnongroyw and 21% across Wales’s towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 14%. The share of households in detached houses stands at 20%.

Where people were born

Fewer residents born abroad than 74% of UK towns: 4.2%

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%

Ffynnongroyw

4.3%

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 language97%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.3%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). As a yardstick, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language (Wales’s towns: 96%).

Welsh language

Ffynnongroyw’s residents: 16% 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 Welsh13%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)25%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Against 16% across Welsh towns, 16% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (78 people): more than in 69% of Welsh towns. The highest share in Clwyd belongs to Llanfairfechan (44%).

Ethnicity & religion

In Ffynnongroyw, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 76% 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

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White2.8%

Asian0.2%

Mixed0.8%

Black0%

Other1.2%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 95% of Ffynnongroyw · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion42%

Christian48%

Muslim1.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer7.1%

0%30%60%

Here 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 43%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns is 90%. Locally, 42% of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners make up 35% in Ffynnongroyw, less than in 97% 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 partnership40%

Married or civil partnership35%

Separated2.7%

Divorced13%

Widowed9.3%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

60residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5%

20 to 49 hours2.1%

50 hours or more5.4%

For 26 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. With adults who have never married at 40%, Ffynnongroyw is ahead of 90% of UK towns on that count.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 29% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications19%

Apprenticeship9.1%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level29%

FfynnongroywClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Ffynnongroyw, 29%, and 19% have none, against 20%.

Neighbours

Around Ffynnongroyw, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age

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

MelidenPrestatynHolywellDyserthCaldyBagilltWest KirbyFfynnongroyw

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Ffynnongroyw	495	—	52.8	25%	14%
Meliden	2,002	4.8 mi	46.3	24%	27%
Prestatyn	16,678	4.9 mi	50.3	29%	23%
Holywell	7,741	4.9 mi	43.1	20%	28%
Dyserth	2,038	5.2 mi	48.9	24%	25%
Caldy	1,227	5.8 mi	55.4	34%	24%
Bagillt	5,943	5.8 mi	42.2	19%	29%
West Kirby	13,383	5.9 mi	50.4	28%	25%

More about Ffynnongroyw’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 Ffynnongroyw’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 Ffynnongroyw’s residents

What is the population of Ffynnongroyw?

The 2021 Census counted 495 people in Ffynnongroyw’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Ffynnongroyw?

The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Ffynnongroyw?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Ffynnongroyw?

42% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.

Is Ffynnongroyw good for families?

14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Ffynnongroyw’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Ffynnongroyw?

78 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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