Llanddulas’s story
11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw lists them inside Llanddulas’ built-up area.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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LlanddulasClwyd
A village of 1,097 in Clwyd, Wales.
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Photo: Mattcymru2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
1,097
Census 2021 · Conwy council
Median home
£220K
51 sales in 3 years
Median age
53.2
32% are 65+ · Clwyd 23%
Degree level
31%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
12%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Llanddulas a good place to live?
Llanddulas has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its weakest is jobs & income (C−): mean household income £47,025; 3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £220,000 in the last three years, 5 times what households in the Conwy council area earn in a year.
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 Llanddulas stand out
The 3 things Llanddulas does most differently from other towns.
Listed buildings per 10,000 residents
History
1 Grade II*, including Parish Church of St Cynbryd; 4.1 times the typical UK town for its size
Cadw’s list, October 2026.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
32% are 65 or over
Against 21% across Wales’s towns
Own outright
Housing
45% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (Wales’s towns 36%)
How Llanddulas grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Llanddulas is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Jobs & incomeC−Open →SafetyC−Open →Health6.8% in bad or very bad health, 25% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade)C−Open →Cost of livingrent £796 a monthC+Open →WalkabilityC+Open →Hazard risk0.4% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaC+Open →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
HistoryBOpen →Outdoors100% live within 400 m of a park; 1.7 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsB+Open →Civic life2.7 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryC+Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Llanddulas.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Llanddulas: 32% are 65 or over, above Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). The median resident of Llanddulas is 53.2 years old.
53.2median age
LlanddulasClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
32%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications19%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level31%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Llanddulas | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Llanddulas
It appears below. 138 pupils attend Llanddulas’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Llanddulas ControlledLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 138 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Safety
Homes in Llanddulas see more burglary and damage than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 17.3 per 1,000 a year
56% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 77 recorded crimes inside Llanddulas’s built-up area, and 13 reports of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 15.2 reports per 1,000, close to Clwyd’s towns (15) and above Wales’s towns (10.4).
32.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 9% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual43
Other theft9
Damage & arson8
Public order6
Burglary4
Vehicle crime3
Drugs2
Weapons1
Anti-social13
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.
32.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
17.3
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
15.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
77
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.
Health
More people in Llanddulas live with a disability than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 25%
Seeing a GP means leaving Llanddulas: the nearest practice is 1.9 miles away. At the census, 75% of people in Llanddulas called their health good or very good, below both Clwyd’s towns (79%) and Wales’s towns (78%). Men in Llanddulas can expect to live to 78, women to 83.3 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Llanddulas is Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, 6.2 miles away.
75%good or very good healthC−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 75%Fair 18%Bad or very bad 7%
| Census 2021 | Llanddulas | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.8% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 22% | 22% |
78
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
83.3
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 · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
HousingCost of living grade C+
Llanddulas is a town of owners: 76% of households own their home, above Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
9% of households rent from a council or housing body. Private renters make up 14% of households, lower than both Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). The £220,000 median rests on 51 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
£220Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Llanddulas£220K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £244,250 | 32 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 9 |
| Terraced | £160,000 | 10 |
76%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
14%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£796
average private rent a month, Conwy council area
£2,473
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
Llanddulas has 11 listed buildings
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Llanddulas counts 100 listed buildings, higher than both Clwyd’s towns (30) and Wales’s towns (18). Grade II* covers 1 of them. Also worth knowing: homes built before 1919 account for 21% of the housing.
11listed buildingsBHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*1
Grade II10
Among them · Grade II*
- Parish Church of St Cynbryd Grade II*
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
21%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
100
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
Fewer commuters in Llanddulas work nearby than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 14% travel under 5 km
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 12% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. About 4% of its commuters stay in Llanddulas for work. This Clwyd town counts 0.5 jobs per working resident.
12%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving85%
On foot7%
Bus5%
14%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
23%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£47K
mean household income, before tax
3%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C+
Walkability: more walkable than 39% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Gwrych Castle and 4 more in and around Llanddulas
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Llanddulas. Best known first.
CastleGwrych Castle1.9 km outside town, to the east
PierVictoria Pier4.4 km outside town, to the westCastleCastleBrynffanigl Castle3.6 km outside town, to the southeastCastleCastleGwyrch Castle Northern Towers600 m outside town, to the eastCastleCastleThe Peel3.8 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)
- Gwrych Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Pier: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Llanddulas
14pages on Llanddulas
The big questions
SafetyC−32.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingC+Median home £220K · rent £796 a monthHousing18 sold in 12 months · busiest street Ffordd Y GraigSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthC−Work & commuteC−44% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsC+0.4% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Llanddulas’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Mynydd MarianAbergelePensarnColwyn BayKinmel BayPenrhyn BayBodelwyddanLlanddulas
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanddulas | 1,097 | — | — | C+ | C− | C− |
| Mynydd Marian | 1,351 | 0.7 | — | B− | B | C |
| Abergele | 8,531 | 2.4 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Pensarn | 1,329 | 2.8 | — | B | D− | D |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 3.5 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Kinmel Bay | 9,016 | 5.1 | D− | B− | D− | D− |
| Penrhyn Bay | 4,201 | 5.8 | B+ | C− | A | A− |
| Bodelwyddan | 1,785 | 5.8 | — | B | D− | C |
Mynydd Marian, Pensarn and Bodelwyddan have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Llanddulas
How many listed buildings are there in Llanddulas?
11 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. That is 4.1 times the typical UK town for its size.
Is Llanddulas expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £220,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £160,000, semi-detached houses £215,000 and detached houses £244,250.
About Llanddulas
Village in Clwyd, Wales
Llanddulas is a built-up area of 1,097 people, in the Conwy 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
- 1,097 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Conwy
- County
- Clwyd
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000039
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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