Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 34.9: Garden City is younger than 96% of UK towns
43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns, against 35% in Garden City. The village has more households without a car or van than 88% of UK towns, at 25%. There were 1,064 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 2,427 residents. Locally, 83% of residents describe themselves as White British.
What the Census says about Garden City’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Garden City’s residents are under 34.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.8 times the share across Wales’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
A village of families
33% of Garden City’s 1,064 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 89% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More born abroad than most towns
14% of residents were born outside the UK, against 6.6% across Clwyd’s towns and 7.4% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (11%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Wales’s towns the figure is 12%. To put it in context, 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.
Garden City sits above 97% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (16%)
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, the share of full-time students is 8%; Garden City has 4.9%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Wales’s towns: 9.1%.
In Garden City, 33% of households have dependent children, more than in 89% 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.
One-person households: 31% here and 32% across Wales’s towns. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 27%. The average household has 2.3 people.
11% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 91% 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
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of households live in a terraced house; in Garden City, 31%. At the same time, just over one in ten households live in a flat, more than in 56% of UK towns; 11% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
Below 93% of UK towns: 89% of residents have English as their main language
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 20%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 18% of those born abroad, against 23% across Wales’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Garden City sits higher than 84% of UK towns: 14%. The usual figure: 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (11%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%).
Of Garden City’s residents, 6.5% can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 150 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 6.5% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 98% of them. The highest share in Clwyd belongs to Llanfairfechan (44%).
Garden City ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 48%
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: 83% of Garden City · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 2.5%. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 43% here, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. For comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
More adults who have never married than 96% of UK towns: 45%
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: 8.6% here and 10% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Some 77 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Garden City counts 25% of its adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; at the other end, 23% have no qualification (20%).
Every neighbour of Garden City has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | 2,427 | — | 34.9 | 11% | 33% |
| Shotton | 6,500 | 1.4 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Aston | 2,847 | 1.9 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 27% |
| Hawarden | 14,284 | 2.2 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Saughall | 2,655 | 2.3 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 2.4 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Northop Hall | 1,826 | 3.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Broughton | 6,532 | 3.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 30% |
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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 Garden City’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 Garden City’s residents
What is the population of Garden City?
The 2021 Census counted 2,427 people in Garden City’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Garden City?
The median age was 34.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Garden City?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Garden City?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.5% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Garden City good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Garden City’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Garden City?
150 residents aged 3 and over, 6.5%, 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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