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52.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 52.5: Gwynfryn is older than 93% of UK towns

Here nine in ten households live in a detached house, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 24%. For Gwynfryn, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 62%. Fewer households in flats than in 99% of UK towns: 0.8%. The village counted 290 residents and 126 households at the 2021 Census.

23%aged 65 or over 3.4%born abroad 126households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over make up 23% in Gwynfryn, more than in 58% of UK towns

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

GwynfrynWales’s towns

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

The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 249.7%

25 to 4417%

45 to 6438%

65 and over23%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Gwynfryn

Wales

WomenMen

About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns, at 6.3%

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 students7.4%

Higher managerial and professional23%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical5.9%

Semi-routine7.4%

Routine3.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.3%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Gwynfryn

6.6%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.3%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

1.2× Wales’s share

Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Gwynfryn, 47% and 11%. On full-time students, Gwynfryn sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 7.4%. For comparison, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

23% of households are one person living alone, below 93% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 8.7%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 47%Shared houses and other 3.2%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Gwynfryn

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person23%

2 people39%

3 people24%

4 people8.9%

5 or more4.9%

Wales’s towns.

A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Wales’s towns, 2.3. Across Wales’s towns, 32% of households are one person living alone. In Gwynfryn, 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

Households without a car or van make up 5.6% in Gwynfryn, less than in 98% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Gwynfryn

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.6%

One23%

Two41%

Three or more30%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.

Where people were born

100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Gwynfryn

3.4%

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%

Another main language, little or no English0%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.7%), then in Africa (0.7%). 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 85% of UK towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across Wales’s towns is 96%.

Welsh language

Welsh, spoken by 21% of Gwynfryn’s residents

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

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh21%

Can speak, read and write Welsh16%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)27%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

At the 2021 Census, 60 residents aged 3 and over, 21%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 77% of Welsh towns. Within Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the largest share, 44%.

Ethnicity & religion

Gwynfryn: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 79% of UK towns

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

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White2.8%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.4%

Black0.3%

Other0%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 95% of Gwynfryn · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion40%

Christian52%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer7.3%

0%30%60%

Asked about religion, 40% answered none, against 47% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. Locally, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian.

Relationships & caring

Unpaid carers: 13%, a higher share than 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 partnership25%

Married or civil partnership62%

Separated0.8%

Divorced7.1%

Widowed4.3%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

37residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week9.8%

20 to 49 hours2.2%

50 hours or more1.5%

Adults who have never married make up 25%, against 38% across Wales’s towns. At 50 hours or more a week, 4 people give unpaid care.

Qualifications

46% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications5.1%

Apprenticeship4.3%

A levels or similar23%

Degree level46%

GwynfrynClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

5.1% of Gwynfryn’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 46% have one at degree level (31%). The highest qualification of 23% is A levels, often students still at university.

Neighbours

The towns around Gwynfryn are all younger

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

CoedpoethTanyfronBryntegGwersylltRhostyllenBradleyHopeGwynfryn

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Gwynfryn	290	—	52.5	23%	27%
Coedpoeth	4,738	1.8 mi	45.1	23%	26%
Tanyfron	2,229	2.2 mi	36.2	10%	35%
Brynteg	9,229	2.9 mi	38.6	16%	32%
Gwersyllt	7,112	3.5 mi	40.4	18%	31%
Rhostyllen	2,760	4.1 mi	41.6	17%	31%
Bradley	1,316	4.1 mi	45.1	23%	29%
Hope	4,422	4.2 mi	46.1	24%	29%

More about Gwynfryn’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

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 Gwynfryn’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 Gwynfryn’s residents

What is the population of Gwynfryn?

The 2021 Census counted 290 people in Gwynfryn’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Gwynfryn?

The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Gwynfryn?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Gwynfryn?

40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.

Is Gwynfryn good for families?

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

How many people speak Welsh in Gwynfryn?

60 residents aged 3 and over, 21%, 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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