Leeswood’s story
1 listed building
Cadw lists them inside Leeswood’s built-up area.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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LeeswoodClwyd
Home to 1,948 people, this village lies in Clwyd, Wales.
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Photo: Graeme Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,948
Census 2021 · Flintshire council
Median home
£157K
78 sales in 3 years
Median age
44.1
18% are 65+ · Clwyd 23%
Degree level
27%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
10%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Leeswood a good place to live?
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: the median home sold for £157,000, 3.4 years of area income. The weak point is jobs & income — households earn a mean £49,081 a year, and 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B for hazard risk. Most journeys need a car: on the way to work, 10% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Natural Resources Wales · commuting, Census 2021. Leeswood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
What makes Leeswood stand out
The 3 things Leeswood does most differently from other towns.
Median sale, £ thousands
Housing
43% below the typical UK town’s £277K
Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.
Homes built before 1919
History
Against 15% in the typical UK town
Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
10% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
How Leeswood grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Leeswood is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Leeswood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the weakest comparedDOpen →Cost of livingAmong the best of the towns comparedA−Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesC−Open →HealthResidents’ health trails most townsC+Open →SafetyNear typical for the towns comparedBOpen →Hazard risk0.1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaBOpen →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History1 listed buildingCOpen →Outdoors83% live within 400 m of a park; 2% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeC+Open →Civic life1 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryDOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leeswood.
HousingCost of living grade A−
Private renting is less common in Leeswood than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 14%
The median sale, £157,000, comes from 78 standard sales inside Leeswood’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £811 a month across the Flintshire council area. Owners make up just over two thirds of households, near Clwyd’s towns (66%) and higher than Wales’s towns (65%).
£157Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Leeswood£157K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £200,000 | 11 |
| Semi-detached | £165,000 | 41 |
| Terraced | £130,000 | 26 |
68%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
14%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£811
average private rent a month, Flintshire council area
£2,376
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Leeswood
It appears below. Its one primary school teaches 79 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol DerwenfaLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 79 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
Fewer commuters in Leeswood work nearby than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 19% travel under 5 km
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 89% of commuters, above Clwyd’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%) alike. Leeswood counts 0.2 jobs per working resident. About 3% of its commuters stay in Leeswood for work.
10%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving89%
On foot5%
Bus4%
Bicycle1%
19%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
19%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£49K
mean household income, before tax
2.8%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C−
Walkability: more walkable than 22% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
History
Leeswood’s listed buildings: 1, all Grade II
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, above Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. Scaled to its population, that is 5 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in Leeswood.
1listed buildingsCHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II1
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
29%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
5
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Health
Just 4.8% of people in Leeswood say their health is bad or very bad, fewer than in Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
The nearest A&E to Leeswood is Wrexham Maelor Hospital, 6.8 miles away. One GP practice serves the town. At the census, 20% of people here had a disability, below Clwyd’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%) alike.
79%good or very good healthC+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 16%Bad or very bad 5%
| Census 2021 | Leeswood | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.8% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 22% | 22% |
80.1
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
82.7
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
Safety
Violence is recorded less often in Leeswood than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 21.7 per 1,000 residents a year
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 72 crimes and 20 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Leeswood’s built-up area. Burglary and damage came to 7.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Clwyd’s towns (10.7) and Wales’s towns (10.7). Violence and sexual offences were two thirds of the crimes.
21.7violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 37% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual48
Damage & arson8
Other theft5
Public order4
Vehicle crime2
Shoplifting1
Burglary1
Drugs1
Anti-social20
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
21.7
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.4
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.3
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
72
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Who lives here
Leeswood has fewer older residents than Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 18% are 65 or over
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Typical age in Leeswood: 44.1, the median. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below Clwyd’s towns (29%) and Wales’s towns (31%) alike.
44.1median age
LeeswoodClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
11%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications17%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar19%
Degree level27%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Leeswood | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Caergwrle Castle and 4 more in and around Leeswood
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Leeswood. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle4 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic housePlas Teg1.1 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumBuckley Library3.3 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumMold Library4.1 km outside town, to the northwestFortFortReplica Roman Fort2.7 km outside town, to the eastPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Caergwrle Castle: Clint Heacock, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plas Teg: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Leeswood
14pages on Leeswood
The big questions
SafetyB21.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingA−Median home £157K · rent £811 a monthHousing18 sold in 12 months · busiest street County RoadSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthC+Work & commuteD32% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsB0.1% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Leeswood’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
PenyfforddHopeBuckleyMynydd IsaMoldHigher KinnertonSoughtonLeeswood
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeswood | 1,948 | — | — | A− | B | C+ |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 2.3 | A | C+ | A | A+ |
| Hope | 4,422 | 2.6 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 2.7 | B− | B+ | C+ | C |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 2.8 | A− | B | A | B |
| Mold | 9,890 | 3.3 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 3.8 | — | C | A+ | A+ |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 4.3 | — | B− | A+ | B+ |
Higher Kinnerton and Soughton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Leeswood
How many listed buildings are there in Leeswood?
1 on Cadw’s list.
Is Leeswood expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £157,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £130,000, semi-detached houses £165,000 and detached houses £200,000.
Is Leeswood safe?
Against all UK towns, it grades B. Burglary was rare, with 1 report in the year.
About Leeswood
Village in Clwyd, Wales
Leeswood is a built-up area of 1,948 people, in the Flintshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 1,948 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Flintshire
- County
- Clwyd
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000125
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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