Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.5% of households in Northop Hall live in one
Against a figure of 24% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Northop Hall comes in at 65%. The village is home to 1,826 residents in 731 households, by the 2021 Census. Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 93% of UK towns.
Below 64% of UK towns: 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
23% of Northop Hall is 65 or over, against 23% across Clwyd’s towns and 21% across Wales’s towns. What’s more, the median age locally is 45.1, higher than in 54% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
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%.
41% of Northop Hall’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Locally, 4.9% of adults are full-time students. Across Wales’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 9.1%.
Northop Hall households average 2.4 people, larger than in 77% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. In Northop Hall, 29% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.7%
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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 11% in Northop Hall and 29% across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
In Northop Hall, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 88% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Lower than in 75% of UK towns: 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across Wales’s towns: 96%.
In Northop Hall, 11% of residents can speak Welsh
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 189 people, 11% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: fewer than in 61% of Welsh towns. No town in Clwyd beats Llanfairfechan (44%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 66% of UK towns, at 52%
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: 97% of Northop Hall · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Bangladeshi (0.1%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 43% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 47%; Northop Hall has 41%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 96% of UK towns: 58%
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: 46. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 27%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. One in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Wales’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Northop Hall, 36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 12% have no qualification at all (20%).
Northop Hall sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northop Hall | 1,826 | — | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 1.4 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Northop | 1,030 | 1.8 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 1.9 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Aston | 2,847 | 2.1 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 27% |
| Shotton | 6,500 | 2.2 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 2.3 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 2.3 mi | 50 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Northop Hall’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 Northop Hall’s residents
What is the population of Northop Hall?
The 2021 Census counted 1,826 people in Northop Hall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Northop Hall?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Northop Hall?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Northop Hall?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Northop Hall good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Northop Hall’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Northop Hall?
189 residents aged 3 and over, 11%, 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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