Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0In Hawarden, 42% of households live in a detached house, more than in 81% of UK towns
The share of households in terraced houses is 13%, against 29% across Wales’s towns. Here, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian. With a median age of 46.8, Hawarden is older than two thirds of UK towns. The town’s 6,280 households held 14,284 residents at the 2021 Census.
Hawarden changed by +2% from 2011 to 2024, behind 75% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Hawarden’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,800 people in 2011; 14,100 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+28%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−16%). No year added more people than mid-2012 to mid-2013: 230.
Fewer young people than 61% of UK towns: 9.4% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 23% in Hawarden and 21% across Wales’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hawarden, 46.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 93% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over a third of Hawarden’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. On average, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 5%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 59% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
26% of households have dependent children (Wales’s towns: 27%). The share of one-person households stands at 30%.
7.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 71% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
12% of households have no car or van (Wales’s towns: 21%). Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats is 14%.
A lower share of residents whose main language is English than 77% of UK towns, at 95%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). On average, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. More residents born outside the UK than in 64% of UK towns: 8%. Just over a fifth of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 23% across Wales’s towns.
8.4% of Hawarden’s residents say they can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
8.4% of residents aged 3 and over, 1,176 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, fewer than in 83% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Within Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the largest share, 44%.
Only 38% of residents said they have no religion in Hawarden
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
White British, not charted: 92% of Hawarden · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (5.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.5%). Measured more widely, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 92% in Hawarden and 90% across Wales’s towns.
Hawarden ranks below 62% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 31%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 10%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. For comparison, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Locally, half of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of Hawarden’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 17% have no qualification (20%).
From a median age of 44 in Buckley South to 48 in Ewloe & Hawarden
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Ewloe & Hawarden is the oldest area, with 24% aged 65 or over; Buckley South the youngest (median age 44). Families with children are most common in Buckley South (29% of households).
360 UK towns of 10,000 to 19,000 people: this is the 94th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Hawarden in age: Eastwood (46.8), West End (46.8), Oakham (46.9) and Codsall (46.9).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Hawarden
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawarden | 14,284 | — | 46.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Aston | 2,847 | 0.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 27% |
| Shotton | 6,500 | 1.5 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Garden City | 2,427 | 2.2 mi | 34.9 | 11% | 33% |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 2.3 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 2.3 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Broughton | 6,532 | 2.4 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 30% |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 2.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 33% |
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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 Hawarden’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Hawarden’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,024 people in 2021, against 14,284 in the built-up area.
- 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 Hawarden’s residents
What is the population of Hawarden?
The 2021 Census counted 14,284 people in Hawarden’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,100 people in mid-2024, 2% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Hawarden?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 67% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hawarden?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hawarden?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hawarden good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Families are most common in Buckley South (29% of households). Schools are on Hawarden’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Hawarden?
1,176 residents aged 3 and over, 8.4%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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