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53.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Holt is over 53.3, older than 94% of UK towns

The figure for households in flats is 4.3% in Holt and 14% across Wales’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,084 residents here, living in 488 households. Across Holt, just over a fifth of households have dependent children. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 25% here, fewer than in 92% of UK towns.

32%aged 65 or over 3.2%born abroad 488households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Holt’s people

53.3median age, older than 94% of UK towns

Older than most towns

Half of Holt’s residents are under 53.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓

Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).

Ages

In Holt, 32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns

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

HoltWales’s towns

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

The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. For Holt, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%. Elsewhere, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6429%

65 and over32%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Holt

Wales

WomenMen

About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

5.2% of adults are full-time students, a share 67% of UK towns don’t reach

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 students5.2%

Higher managerial and professional19%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical5%

Semi-routine9.2%

Routine6.3%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Holt

7.7%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.4%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0.8× Wales’s share

Across Wales’s towns, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Holt, 7.4%. For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%.

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

Households

Households here average 2.2 people, below 82% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 1.6%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Holt

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people40%

3 people13%

4 people10%

5 or more4.6%

Wales’s towns.

In Holt, 31% of households are one person living alone, beside 32% across Wales’s towns. Locally, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

A village of detached houses: 49% of households live in one

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

Type of home

Holt

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van12%

One40%

Two34%

Three or more14%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Households without a car or van make up 12%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.

Where people were born

3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 89% 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%

Holt

3.1%

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 well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in Africa (0.8%). More residents whose main language is English than in 96% of UK towns: 99%. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across Wales’s towns: 7.4%.

Welsh language

Of Holt’s residents, 9% can speak Welsh

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

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh9%

Can speak, read and write Welsh5.4%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)15%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

At the 2021 Census, 96 residents aged 3 and over, 9%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 78% of Welsh towns. Top of Clwyd: Llanfairfechan, at 44%.

Ethnicity & religion

61% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% 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

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White1.1%

Asian0.8%

Mixed1.2%

Black0.2%

Other0.4%

0%3%6%

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

Religion · all residents

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion33%

Christian61%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.2%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5%

0%35%70%

Compared with 90% across Wales’s towns, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British here. By way of comparison, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 33% of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 85% 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 partnership54%

Separated1.2%

Divorced10%

Widowed9%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

112residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.6%

20 to 49 hours1.5%

50 hours or more3.5%

Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, against 10% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 42% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship5.7%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level42%

HoltClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

With 42% of its adults qualified to degree level, Holt compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (20%).

Neighbours

No nearby town is as old as Holt

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

FarndonRossettGresfordPentre MaelorWrexhamMarchwielLlayHolt

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Holt	1,084	—	53.3	32%	22%
Farndon	2,227	0.7 mi	45.5	25%	31%
Rossett	1,977	3.4 mi	49.7	26%	26%
Gresford	4,948	3.4 mi	52.6	31%	22%
Pentre Maelor	1,814	3.4 mi	34.4	3.4%	35%
Wrexham	44,781	4.6 mi	41.2	19%	28%
Marchwiel	1,038	4.9 mi	46.6	24%	28%
Llay	4,666	4.9 mi	43	22%	29%

More about Holt’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁺Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Owners 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 Holt’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 Holt’s residents

What is the population of Holt?

The 2021 Census counted 1,084 people in Holt’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Holt?

The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Holt?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Holt?

33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.

Is Holt good for families?

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

How many people speak Welsh in Holt?

96 residents aged 3 and over, 9%, 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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