Photo: Richard Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Meliden sits below 94% of UK towns for households in flats (2.7%)
Against a figure of 10% across Wales’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Meliden comes in at 13%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Meliden sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 96%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 2,002, in 883 households. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 24%.
Meliden is older than 64% of UK towns: a median age of 46.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.9% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. In Penrhyn Bay, the oldest of Clwyd’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Meliden ranks below 74% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.3%
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%.
In Meliden, 29% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Full-time students: 8% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.2%.
Only 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Meliden
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 average 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 3.1%. In Meliden, 30% of households are one person living alone. Fewer households with dependent children than in 56% of UK towns: 27%.
Households in detached houses make up 36% in Meliden, more than in 68% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 21% across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Meliden comes in at 15%. Across Wales’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house. Households in terraced houses account for 18%.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.5%, a lower share than 84% of UK towns
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 its share of residents whose main language is English (99%), Meliden is above 92% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 7.4% across Wales’s towns.
Speaking Welsh: 16% in Meliden
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 304 people, 16% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: more than in 68% of Welsh towns. Top of Clwyd: Llanfairfechan, at 44%.
47% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 70% 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
White British, not charted: 96% of Meliden · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 45% here and 47% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Arab (0.4%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns: 43%.
Meliden ranks below 71% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 45%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 34%, against 38% across Wales’s towns. On average, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 103 people.
Degree-level qualifications: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 20% of adults have no qualification; in Meliden, 19%, while 28% hold one at degree level (31%).
Meliden is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meliden | 2,002 | — | 46.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Prestatyn | 16,678 | 1.2 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Dyserth | 2,038 | 1.3 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 25% |
| Rhyl | 26,982 | 2.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Rhuddlan | 3,791 | 2.6 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 21% |
| St Asaph | 3,483 | 4.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Kinmel Bay | 9,016 | 4.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Bodelwyddan | 1,785 | 5.1 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Meliden’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 Meliden’s residents
What is the population of Meliden?
The 2021 Census counted 2,002 people in Meliden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Meliden?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Meliden?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Meliden?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Meliden good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Meliden’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Meliden?
304 residents aged 3 and over, 16%, 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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