Photo: Mike Parker · CC BY-SA 2.0Gresford is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
10% of households live in a terraced house; across Wales’s towns the figure is 29%. At the 2021 Census, 4,948 people lived in Gresford, in 2,216 households. On the census count, 56% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Gresford’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Gresford’s residents are under 52.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Gresford at 5,000 in 2011 and 4,900 in 2024, down 2%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 90% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Slower growth than 90% of UK towns: Gresford changed by −2% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Gresford’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,000 people in 2011; 4,900 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+25%); the 30 to 44 group moved least (−21%).
31% of Gresford is 65 or over, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 77% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Gresford, 52.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Gresford
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%.
Full-time students make up 5.3% of adults, against 8% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Wales’s towns is 9.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Gresford, 22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% 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.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Across Gresford, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 56% of UK towns. The share of households with dependent children across Wales’s towns is 27%.
Fewer flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.9% of households
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
With households without a car or van at 9.6%, Gresford is behind 84% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in flats across Wales’s towns: 14%.
4.1% born outside the UK, fewer than in 77% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By its share of residents whose main language is English (99%), Gresford is above four fifths of UK towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Against that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
Gresford: 9.7% of residents speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
9.7% of residents aged 3 and over, 472 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, fewer than in 72% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
Gresford sits above 93% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (59%)
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: 95% of Gresford · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.4%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in four fifths of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 91% of UK towns: 25%
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
For 124 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 54%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 85% of UK towns. As a reference point, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. 10% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Wales’s towns.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Gresford, 13%, while 42% hold one at degree level (31%).
Among 810 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, the 81st oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Gresford in age: Winchcombe (52.6), Wareham (52.6), Hartley Wintney (52.7) and Kingskerswell (52.7).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Gresford
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
- 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 Gresford’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Gresford’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,948 people in 2021, against 4,948 in the built-up area.
- 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 Gresford’s residents
What is the population of Gresford?
The 2021 Census counted 4,948 people in Gresford’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,900 people in mid-2024, 2% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Gresford?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 93% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gresford?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gresford?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Gresford good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Gresford’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Gresford?
472 residents aged 3 and over, 9.7%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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