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A town of 7,112 in Clwyd, Wales.
A town with more to fix than most. Health is a weak point: 7.1% in bad or very bad health, 20% disabled. Safety is weaker too: police record 38.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 13.4 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 83%. Hazard risk is low (A). At a median £185,000, a home costs 4.2 times the yearly income of households in the Wrexham council area. The overall grade lands at C−, #26 of 39 in Clwyd. Nationally, it does better than 17% of UK towns.
Figures: flood risk, Natural Resources Wales · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
This town's Health Grade uses 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' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
The thing Gwersyllt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Gwersyllt is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 5 buildings inside Gwersyllt’s built-up area.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Gwersyllt. Best known first.
CathedralWrexham Cathedral2.1 km outside town, to the southeast
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle3.1 km outside town, to the north
Historic house · National TrustErddig Hall4 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumXplore! Science Discovery Centre2.5 km outside town, to the southeastArt galleryArt galleryTŷ Pawb2.5 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumWrexham Archives2.2 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gwersyllt.
One GP practice serves the town. A disability affects 20% of people in Gwersyllt. Also worth knowing: the nearest A&E to Gwersyllt is Wrexham Maelor Hospital, 2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Gwersyllt | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.1% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
Gwersyllt’s two primaries and one secondary have 1,312 pupils between them. Every one of them is shown below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol HeulfanLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 331 | – |
| Ysgol Bryn AlynLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 701 | – |
| Ysgol Bro AlunLargest Welsh-medium schoolPrimary | Primary | 280 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, below both Clwyd’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (27%). Gwersyllt has 7 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Police recorded 554 crimes inside Gwersyllt’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 166 reports of anti-social behaviour. There were 20.2 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), higher than both Clwyd’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Violence and sexual offences made up 52% of the total.
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.
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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
16% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 52%, above both Clwyd’s towns (39%) and Wales’s towns (41%). What’s more, by car: that was how 87% of commuters travelled at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The £185,000 median rests on 208 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £770 a month across the Wrexham council area. Owners make up 64% of households, below Clwyd’s towns (66%) and close to Wales’s towns (65%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £253,000 | 61 |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | 108 |
| Terraced | £139,250 | 30 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, below both Clwyd’s towns (29%) and Wales’s towns (31%). Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. Gwersyllt has a median age of 40.4 years. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Gwersyllt | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | — | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 0.7 | — | B | A− | C− |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 0.9 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Tanyfron | 2,229 | 1.5 | — | B | B | C |
| Llay | 4,666 | 1.7 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 2.2 | D | B | D− | D |
| Coedpoeth | 4,738 | 2.3 | C | B | C+ | C− |
| Hope | 4,422 | 2.6 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
Bradley and Tanyfron have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £185,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £120,000, terraced houses £139,250, semi-detached houses £180,000 and detached houses £253,000.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Gwersyllt is a built-up area of 7,112 people, in the Wrexham 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
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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