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50.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Lixwm: 77% of households live in a detached house, above 99% of UK towns

20% of households are one person living alone, against 32% across Wales’s towns. Census day 2021: 626 residents and 266 households in Lixwm. Locally, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns.

26%aged 65 or over 2.1%born abroad 266households

Ages

A median age of 50.8: Lixwm is older than 89% of UK towns

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

LixwmWales’s towns

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

Where 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns, Lixwm has 26%. The village has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of UK towns, at 8.3%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 248.3%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6430%

65 and over26%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Lixwm

Wales

WomenMen

About 106 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Lixwm ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6%

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 students4.2%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical4.9%

Semi-routine7.7%

Routine6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.2%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Lixwm

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0× Wales’s share

Against a figure of 8% across Wales’s towns, the share of full-time students in Lixwm comes in at 4.2%. The wider picture: 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.

Households

Lixwm sits below 81% of UK towns for households with dependent children (24%)

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

Living alone, 66+ 10%Living alone, under 66 10%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 55%Shared houses and other 1.5%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Lixwm

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person20%

2 people46%

3 people17%

4 people13%

5 or more4.2%

Wales’s towns.

The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. For comparison, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. Across Lixwm, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.9%

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

Type of home

Lixwm

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.9%

One28%

Two45%

Three or more22%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Where people were born

Only 2.1% of Lixwm’s residents were born outside the UK

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%

Lixwm

2.1%

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 language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.3%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Residents whose main language is English make up 100%, against 96% across Wales’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). Across Wales’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK.

Welsh language

Welsh speakers make up 21% of Lixwm

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

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh21%

Can speak, read and write Welsh17%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)31%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Some 124 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 21% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 75% of them. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.

Ethnicity & religion

98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White1.6%

Asian0.2%

Mixed0.2%

Black0.2%

Other0%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 98% of Lixwm · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion32%

Christian62%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.2%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5.4%

0%35%70%

Nearly a third of residents said they have no religion, against 47% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Lixwm: 13% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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 partnership28%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated2.1%

Divorced7.5%

Widowed4.5%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

79residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week7.4%

20 to 49 hours2%

50 hours or more3.9%

Married people and civil partners make up 58% of adults, against 43% across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across Wales’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 10%.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 44% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.8%

Apprenticeship7%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level44%

LixwmClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

With 44% of its adults qualified to degree level, Lixwm compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 9.8% hold no qualification (20%).

Neighbours

Lixwm sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age

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

Pentre HalkynHolywellBagilltFlintNorthopSoughtonMoldLixwm

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Lixwm	626	—	50.8	26%	24%
Pentre Halkyn	1,082	2 mi	51.1	29%	22%
Holywell	7,741	3.1 mi	43.1	20%	28%
Bagillt	5,943	3.9 mi	42.2	19%	29%
Flint	12,776	4.6 mi	39.8	18%	29%
Northop	1,030	4.9 mi	50.9	27%	23%
Soughton	1,697	5.5 mi	51.7	28%	23%
Mold	9,890	6.2 mi	45.1	23%	27%

More about Lixwm’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners 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

“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 Lixwm’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 Lixwm’s residents

What is the population of Lixwm?

The 2021 Census counted 626 people in Lixwm’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Lixwm?

The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Lixwm?

98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Lixwm?

32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.

Is Lixwm good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Lixwm’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Lixwm?

124 residents aged 3 and over, 21%, 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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