Half of Nant-y-Patrick is over 59.8, older than 99% of UK towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops 98% of UK towns: 65%. At the same time, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Nant-y-Patrick’s 236 households held 528 residents at the 2021 Census. The census found that 16% of households have dependent children in the village.
Residents aged 65 and over: 43%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Wales’s towns. On average, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.7%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 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.
Nant-y-Patrick sits above 72% of UK towns for full-time students (5.4%)
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 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). By way of comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Nant-y-Patrick households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 92% 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.
The share of one-person households is 26%, against 32% across Wales’s towns. The census found that 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Nant-y-Patrick.
In Nant-y-Patrick, 80% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
By its share of households without a car or van (9%), Nant-y-Patrick is below 87% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses across Wales’s towns is 24%. For Nant-y-Patrick, the census puts households in flats at 3.9%. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Nant-y-Patrick, more than in 82% 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
The share of residents born outside the UK trails just over three fifths of UK towns: 5.3%. By way of comparison, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
33% of Nant-y-Patrick’s residents say they can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 173 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 33% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 84% of them. Within Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the largest share, 44%.
Residents with no religion: 25%, a lower share than 97% 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: 95% of Nant-y-Patrick · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (95%), Nant-y-Patrick is above nearly three quarters of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, residents with no religion come to 47%. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.7%), Indian (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.9%).
More married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns: 56%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 24. Across the comparison, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. On unpaid carers, Nant-y-Patrick sits higher than 97% of UK towns: 12%.
35% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
21% of Nant-y-Patrick’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 35% have one at degree level (31%).
Every nearby town is younger than Nant-y-Patrick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nant-y-Patrick | 528 | — | 59.8 | 43% | 16% |
| St Asaph | 3,483 | 1.9 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Denbigh | 8,072 | 3.3 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 27% |
| Bodelwyddan | 1,785 | 4.1 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 30% |
| Rhuddlan | 3,791 | 4.4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Dyserth | 2,038 | 4.6 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 25% |
| Meliden | 2,002 | 5.9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Kinmel Bay | 9,016 | 6.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Nant-y-Patrick’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 Nant-y-Patrick’s residents
What is the population of Nant-y-Patrick?
The 2021 Census counted 528 people in Nant-y-Patrick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nant-y-Patrick?
The median age was 59.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 43% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nant-y-Patrick?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nant-y-Patrick?
25% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 8.1% didn’t answer.
Is Nant-y-Patrick good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Nant-y-Patrick’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Nant-y-Patrick?
173 residents aged 3 and over, 33%, 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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