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A town of 3,547 in Clwyd, Wales.
Llanfairfechan grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 16% of UK towns, and #28 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is walkability (B+): 17% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D): mean household income £44,712; 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £210,000 in the last three years, 4.8 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.
The 2 things Llanfairfechan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Llanfairfechan is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 70 buildings inside Llanfairfechan’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 3 old photos and postcards going back to 1871.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Llanfairfechan.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
On this, Llanfairfechan is above both Clwyd’s towns (2%) and Wales’s towns (0%). 43% of homes were built before 1919. Llanfairfechan has 70 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II*.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Babanod LlanfairfechanLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 109 | – |
Women here live to 83.2 on average and men to 76.6 (2019–23). 5.6% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Clwyd’s towns (6.5%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%). The nearest A&E to Llanfairfechan is Ysbyty Gwynedd, 8.2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Llanfairfechan | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.6% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
In the comparison, Llanfairfechan comes below both Clwyd’s towns (10.7) and Wales’s towns (10.7). Police recorded 214 crimes inside Llanfairfechan’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 48 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 55% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
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.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Llanfairfechan, that is below both Clwyd’s towns (39%) and Wales’s towns (41%). 28% of workers worked mainly from home at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Llanfairfechan sits above both Clwyd’s towns (66%) and Wales’s towns (65%) on this measure.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £342,500 | 44 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 57 |
| Terraced | £152,500 | 45 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
That puts Llanfairfechan above both Clwyd’s towns (29%) and Wales’s towns (31%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.8% of residents. Half the people of Llanfairfechan are older than 49.2.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Llanfairfechan | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
70 listed buildings in Llanfairfechan.
Church Institute: Photo: Meirion · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Llanfair Arms PH: Photo: Meirion · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paragon Electrical Shop: Photo: Huwpritchard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Plas Farmhouse (Henblas Farm): Photo: GingerBeast · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfairfechan | 3,547 | — | C− | C+ | C | C |
| Penmaenmawr | 2,762 | 2.4 | C− | B− | C | C− |
| Dwygyfylchi | 1,403 | 3.6 | — | C | A | C |
| Beaumaris | 1,120 | 5.1 | — | B− | C | C+ |
| Bethesda | 3,757 | 6.1 | C+ | A− | C | C+ |
| Tregarth | 1,252 | 6.5 | — | B | A+ | C+ |
| Conwy | 15,706 | 6.9 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Bangor | 16,994 | 7.1 | C | A− | D | D |
Dwygyfylchi, Beaumaris and Tregarth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
70 on Cadw’s list, 3 of them Grade II*. That is 8.1 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 71% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Burglary was rare, with 3 reports in the year.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £210,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £120,000, terraced houses £152,500, semi-detached houses £215,000 and detached houses £342,500.
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Llanfairfechan is a built-up area of 3,547 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
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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