Church of St Cyngar · Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in flats: 5%, a lower share than 83% of UK towns
Here 39% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 24%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.6% of the total. The median age in Hope is 46.1, higher than in 62% of UK towns. The town counted 4,422 residents and 1,889 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Hope’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Hope at 4,200 in 2011 and 4,100 in 2024, down 4%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 95% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Hope changed by −4% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 95% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Hope’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,200 people in 2011; 4,100 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+14%) and the 0 to 15 group least (−15%).
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 65% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8% of residents. Against that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 71% of UK towns: 10%. In Penrhyn Bay, the oldest of Clwyd’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hope, 46.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 83% of UK towns: 5.9%
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%.
Compared with 9.1% across Wales’s towns, 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. For comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Families with children: 29% of households, more than in 65% 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children. On one-person households, Hope sits lower than 60% of UK towns: 29%.
Hope ranks below 81% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 13%
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
The share of households without a car or van trails 65% of UK towns: 13%. Set beside that, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns.
3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, below 83% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 7.4%. Higher than in 82% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. Across Wales’s towns, 23% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 13%.
12% of Hope’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 508 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 12% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 52% of them. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).
A higher White British share than 82% of UK towns: 95% of residents
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: 95% of Hope · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.4%). Typically, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns. 43% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 68% of UK towns. Still, by its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (49%), Hope is below 53% of UK towns.
In Hope, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 58% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
134 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. The usual figure: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Higher than in 67% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Hope.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 33% of its adults qualified to degree level, Hope compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (20%).
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 322nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Hope in age: Batheaston (46.1), Willand (46.1), Kimberley (46.2) and Fleckney (46.2).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Hope
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 4,422 | — | 46.1 | 24% | 29% |
| Llay | 4,666 | 2 mi | 43 | 22% | 29% |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 2.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 2.6 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Leeswood | 1,948 | 2.6 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 28% |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 2.8 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 33% |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 2.9 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 3.2 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Hope’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. Hope’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,164 people in 2021, against 4,422 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 Hope’s residents
What is the population of Hope?
The 2021 Census counted 4,422 people in Hope’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,100 people in mid-2024, 4% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Hope?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 62% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hope?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hope?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hope good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Hope’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Hope?
508 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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