Gronant’s story
7 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Cadw lists them inside Gronant’s built-up area.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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GronantClwyd
983 residents make their home in this village in Clwyd, Wales.
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Population
983
Census 2021 · Flintshire council
Median home
£170K
41 sales in 3 years
Median age
53.5
30% are 65+ · Clwyd 23%
Degree level
24%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
12%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Gronant a good place to live?
Towns under 1,000 residents aren’t graded, so Gronant has no grades; its figures are still real. Its listed buildings number 7, with 0 at Grade I. Homes sell for a median £170,000. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Gronant stand out
The 3 things Gronant does most differently from other towns.
Listed buildings per 10,000 residents
History
2 Grade II*, including Home Farm at Talacre Abbey; 2.9 times the typical UK town for its size
Cadw’s list, October 2026.
Median sale, £ thousands
Housing
39% below the typical UK town’s £277K
Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
30% are 65 or over
Against 21% across Wales’s towns
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gronant.
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Gronant, fewer than in Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Half the people of Gronant are older than 53.5.
53.5median age
GronantClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
30%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications24%
Apprenticeship9%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Gronant | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.5% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Work & commute
Commuters in Gronant travel far: only 25% go under 5 km, fewer than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 20% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Average household income comes to £41K a year before tax. 86% of commuters drove, above Clwyd’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%) alike. Also worth knowing: among 16 to 64s, 4% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
12%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving86%
On foot7%
Bus2%
Train1%
Bicycle1%
Underground, tram1%
25%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
20%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£41K
mean household income, before tax
4%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Housing
Few households rent privately in Gronant: 14%, fewer than in Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
Private rents average £811 a month across the Flintshire council area. 19% live in social housing, above Clwyd’s towns (16%) and close to Wales’s towns (18%). Home ownership stands at two thirds of households.
£170Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Gronant£170K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £270,000 | 17 |
| Semi-detached | £165,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £139,000 | 11 |
67%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
14%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£811
average private rent a month, Flintshire council area
£2,376
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Violence is recorded more often in Gronant than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 50.9 per 1,000 residents a year
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 61% of recorded crime. Homes saw 12.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Clwyd’s towns (10.7) and Wales’s towns (10.7). 85 crimes and 8 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Gronant’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026.
50.9violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual52
Public order11
Damage & arson10
Other theft4
Burglary4
Other crime2
Drugs1
Bicycle theft1
Anti-social8
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
50.9
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
12.9
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
9.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
85
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Health
Only 70% of people in Gronant say their health is good or very good, fewer than in Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
At the census, 29% of people here had a disability, higher than both Clwyd’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). There is no GP practice in Gronant: the nearest is 1.6 miles off.
70%good or very good health
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 70%Fair 20%Bad or very bad 10%
| Census 2021 | Gronant | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 70% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 9.6% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 29% | 22% | 22% |
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
History
More of the land in Gronant is conservation area than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 3%
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The register of parks and gardens lists one in Gronant. 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to Clwyd’s towns (18%) and below Wales’s towns (27%). Listed buildings per head: 71 for every 10,000 residents of the town.
7listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*2
Grade II5
Among them · Grade II*
- Home Farm at Talacre Abbey Grade II*
- Pentre Farmhouse Grade II*
0
scheduled monuments
1
registered park and garden
18%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
71
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Gronant
12pages on Gronant
The big questions
Safety50.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingMedian home £170K · rent £811 a monthHousing13 sold in 12 months · busiest street Llanasa RoadSchoolsHealthWork & commute37% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazards0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Gronant’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
PrestatynMelidenDyserthRhylRhuddlanSt AsaphKinmel BayGronant
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gronant | 983 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prestatyn | 16,678 | 2.3 | C− | A− | C− | C− |
| Meliden | 2,002 | 2.5 | — | A− | C | C |
| Dyserth | 2,038 | 3.4 | — | B+ | B− | C |
| Rhyl | 26,982 | 4.8 | D | A− | D− | D− |
| Rhuddlan | 3,791 | 5.1 | C+ | B+ | C | C+ |
| St Asaph | 3,483 | 6.5 | C− | B− | C− | C− |
| Kinmel Bay | 9,016 | 7.1 | D− | B− | D− | D− |
Meliden and Dyserth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Gronant
How many listed buildings are there in Gronant?
7 on Cadw’s list, 2 of them Grade II*. That is 2.9 times the typical UK town for its size.
Is Gronant expensive to live in?
By type: terraced houses £139,000, semi-detached houses £165,000 and detached houses £270,000.
About Gronant
Village in Clwyd, Wales
Gronant is a built-up area of 983 people, in the Flintshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 983 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Flintshire
- County
- Clwyd
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000012
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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