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53.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Gronant is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.5

With residents who describe themselves as White British at 97%, Gronant is ahead of 96% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census counted 983 residents in 462 households. Across Gronant, 1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. On households with dependent children, Gronant sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 22%.

30%aged 65 or over 1.8%born abroad 462households

Ages

Gronant sits above 90% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)

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

GronantWales’s towns

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

More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. In Gronant, 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6432%

65 and over29%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Gronant

Wales

WomenMen

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.

Students & newcomers

In Gronant, 5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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 students4.4%

Higher managerial and professional7.7%

Lower managerial and professional16%

Intermediate9.6%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical7.7%

Semi-routine15%

Routine14%

Never worked or long-term unemployed13%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Gronant

5.9%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.8%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0.4× Wales’s share

Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Gronant, 24% and 30%. Census figures put full-time students at 4.4% here. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.1% across Wales’s towns.

Households

Smaller households than 81% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average

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

Living alone, 66+ 19%Living alone, under 66 13%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 3%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Gronant

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people42%

3 people11%

4 people8.4%

5 or more6.2%

Wales’s towns.

One-person households are about as common here as across Wales’s towns: 32%. On shared households of unrelated adults, Gronant sits higher than 77% of UK towns: 3%.

Homes & cars

Above 73% of UK towns: 38% of households live in a detached house

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

Type of home

Gronant

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van16%

One46%

Two29%

Three or more9.9%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses is 22%, against 29% across Wales’s towns. On average, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns. Here, 16% of households have no car or van.

Where people were born

Gronant sits below 99% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (1.8%)

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%

Gronant

1.8%

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 language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 96%. Set beside that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%).

Welsh language

Welsh is spoken by 14% of Gronant’s residents

Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh14%

Can speak, read and write Welsh12%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)23%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Some 137 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 14% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 64% of them. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.

Ethnicity & religion

Gronant sits above 76% of UK towns for residents with no religion (45%)

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

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White1.6%

Asian0.1%

Mixed1.2%

Black0.1%

Other0.1%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 97% of Gronant · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion45%

Christian50%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.1%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer5%

0%30%60%

Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Caribbean (0.1%). On average, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 51% of UK towns.

Relationships & caring

Gronant: 15% of residents give unpaid care, above 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

Never married or in a civil partnership30%

Married or civil partnership47%

Separated2.7%

Divorced12%

Widowed7.8%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

146residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 15%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.6%

20 to 49 hours2.5%

50 hours or more6.4%

47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (Wales’s towns: 43%). Few places have so few adults who have never married: 30% here, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care.

Qualifications

24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship8.5%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level24%

GronantClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Gronant, 24%, while 24% hold one at degree level (31%).

Neighbours

The towns around Gronant are all younger

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

PrestatynMelidenDyserthRhylRhuddlanSt AsaphKinmel BayGronant

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Gronant	983	—	53.5	30%	22%
Prestatyn	16,678	2.3 mi	50.3	29%	23%
Meliden	2,002	2.5 mi	46.3	24%	27%
Dyserth	2,038	3.4 mi	48.9	24%	25%
Rhyl	26,982	4.8 mi	41.8	21%	28%
Rhuddlan	3,791	5.1 mi	50.8	29%	21%
St Asaph	3,483	6.5 mi	48.7	26%	24%
Kinmel Bay	9,016	7.1 mi	50.3	28%	25%

More about Gronant’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

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 Gronant’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 Gronant’s residents

What is the population of Gronant?

The 2021 Census counted 983 people in Gronant’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Gronant?

The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Gronant?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Gronant?

45% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.

Is Gronant good for families?

22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Gronant’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Gronant?

137 residents aged 3 and over, 14%, 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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