Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Gorsedd is over 57.8
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The share of households in flats stands at 0.6%. Gorsedd counted 356 residents and 159 households at the 2021 Census. Compared with 32% across Wales’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns: 7.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 21%; Gorsedd has 33%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Gorsedd sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.2%)
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%.
By class, 47% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Full-time students are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.1% across Wales’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns, at 18%
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.
0.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 86%
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
Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 6.9% of households have no car or van here. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.3%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%. The share of residents whose main language is English is 100%, against 96% across Wales’s towns.
A Welsh-speaking share of 21% in Gorsedd
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 72 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 21% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 75% of them. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns: 20%
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 Gorsedd · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
76% of residents describe themselves as Christian (Wales’s towns: 43%). Across Wales’s towns, residents with no religion come to 47%.
In Gorsedd, 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 7 people. Married adults and civil partners: 43% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 18% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 13% of residents give unpaid care, against 10% across Wales’s towns.
44% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 44% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (20%).
Gorsedd is older than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Gorsedd’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 Gorsedd’s residents
What is the population of Gorsedd?
The 2021 Census counted 356 people in Gorsedd’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gorsedd?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gorsedd?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 1.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gorsedd?
20% said they had no religion and 76% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.6% didn’t answer.
Is Gorsedd good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Gorsedd’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Gorsedd?
72 residents aged 3 and over, 21%, 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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