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51.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A smaller share of households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 17%

The median age in Gwespyr is 51.2, higher than in 90% of UK towns. 367 residents in 166 households: that is Gwespyr at the 2021 Census. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 5.4%. Set against 14% across Wales’s towns, 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village.

24%aged 65 or over 1.6%born abroad 166households

Ages

24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% of UK towns

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

GwespyrWales’s towns

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

The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. Gwespyr has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 53% of UK towns, at 9.7%. By way of comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1510%

15 to 249.7%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6433%

65 and over24%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Gwespyr

Wales

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

4.9% of adults are full-time students, more than in 52% 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 students4.9%

Higher managerial and professional5.2%

Lower managerial and professional19%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical6.4%

Semi-routine15%

Routine15%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.2%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Gwespyr

9.4%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.4%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

1× Wales’s share

Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 9.4%. Measured more widely, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.

Households

One-person households make up 25% in Gwespyr, less than in 85% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 17%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 5.4%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Gwespyr

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person24%

2 people49%

3 people13%

4 people8.3%

5 or more6%

Wales’s towns.

A household here has 2.2 people on average; across Wales’s towns, 2.3. For one-person households, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 32%.

Homes & cars

7.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 95% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Gwespyr

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.2%

One42%

Two36%

Three or more15%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Households in detached houses make up 44%, against 24% across Wales’s towns. One household in every 14 has no car or van. Gwespyr has fewer households in terraced houses than 57% of UK towns, at 19%.

Where people were born

1.6% of residents were born outside the UK, below 99% 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%

Gwespyr

1.6%

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 language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 96%; Gwespyr has 99%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%.

Welsh language

12% of residents speak Welsh in Gwespyr

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

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh12%

Can speak, read and write Welsh8.9%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)20%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

12% of residents aged 3 and over, 43 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, more than in 52% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 87% of UK towns, at 96%

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

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White2.5%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.1%

Black0%

Other0.3%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 96% of Gwespyr · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion40%

Christian52%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer7.7%

0%30%60%

40% of residents said they have no religion, against 47% across Wales’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 90%. In Gwespyr, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian.

Relationships & caring

Unpaid carers make up 17% in Gwespyr, 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

Never married or in a civil partnership36%

Married or civil partnership45%

Separated2.1%

Divorced7.6%

Widowed8.5%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

59residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 17%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours3.1%

50 hours or more8.2%

36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 38% across Wales’s towns. The census found that 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Gwespyr. Across Wales’s towns, unpaid carers come to 10%.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 23% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications22%

Apprenticeship6.4%

A levels or similar21%

Degree level23%

GwespyrClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 23% of Gwespyr’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 22% have no qualification (20%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Gwespyr

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

PrestatynMelidenDyserthRhylRhuddlanHolywellWest KirbyGwespyr

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Gwespyr	367	—	51.2	24%	17%
Prestatyn	16,678	3.4 mi	50.3	29%	23%
Meliden	2,002	3.4 mi	46.3	24%	27%
Dyserth	2,038	4.1 mi	48.9	24%	25%
Rhyl	26,982	5.9 mi	41.8	21%	28%
Rhuddlan	3,791	6 mi	50.8	29%	21%
Holywell	7,741	6.3 mi	43.1	20%	28%
West Kirby	13,383	7.1 mi	50.4	28%	25%

More about Gwespyr’s residents

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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 Gwespyr’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 Gwespyr’s residents

What is the population of Gwespyr?

The 2021 Census counted 367 people in Gwespyr’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Gwespyr?

The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Gwespyr?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Gwespyr?

40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.

Is Gwespyr good for families?

17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Gwespyr’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Gwespyr?

43 residents aged 3 and over, 12%, 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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