Photo: Graeme Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.1%
1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. Leeswood had 1,948 residents and 852 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.1. Locally, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11% in Leeswood, more than in 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 44.1, Leeswood is younger than 53% of UK towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 73% 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 take in 28% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 30% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Across Wales’s towns, the share of full-time students is 8%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.4%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 69% 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 here average 2.3 people each. Across Wales’s towns, one-person households come to 32%. Set against 27% across Wales’s towns, 28% of households have dependent children in Leeswood.
Only 12% of households have no car or van in Leeswood
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
Households in detached houses make up 23%, against 24% across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 18%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 75% of UK towns: 4.2%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Residents born outside the UK make up 7.4% across Wales’s towns. At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 64% of UK towns.
Leeswood: 12% of residents speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
The 2021 Census found 230 Welsh speakers aged 3 and over, 12% of that age group, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 54% of them. The highest share in Clwyd belongs to Llanfairfechan (44%).
Leeswood sits above 71% of UK towns for residents with no religion (44%)
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 Leeswood · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns, against 48% in Leeswood. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Chinese (0.2%). Measured more widely, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 92% of UK towns, at 11%
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
42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 43% across Wales’s towns. The share of unpaid carers across Wales’s towns is 10%. Adults who have never married: 37% of the total.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Leeswood, 27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (20%).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Leeswood are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeswood | 1,948 | — | 44.1 | 18% | 28% |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 2.3 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 33% |
| Hope | 4,422 | 2.6 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 29% |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 2.7 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 2.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 25% |
| Mold | 9,890 | 3.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 27% |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 3.8 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 4.3 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
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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 Leeswood’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 Leeswood’s residents
What is the population of Leeswood?
The 2021 Census counted 1,948 people in Leeswood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leeswood?
The median age was 44.1 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leeswood?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leeswood?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Leeswood good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Leeswood’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Leeswood?
230 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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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