Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Northop is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 50.9
Across Wales’s towns, 21% of households have no car or van; in Northop, 8.4%. Locally, 48% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Northop was home to 1,030 people in 465 households.
What the Census says about Northop’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Northop’s residents are under 50.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 87% of UK towns, at 6.2%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 85% of UK towns: 6.9%. The usual figure: 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Northop sits below 83% of UK towns for households with dependent children (23%)
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 2.2%. One-person households: 29% of the total. On average, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 87% of UK towns: 4.1%
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house, against 29% across Wales’s towns. Households in flats: 14% across Wales’s towns, for comparison.
In Northop, 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 (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 4% of residents were born outside the UK. On average, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.
14% of Northop’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
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 14% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (144 people): more than in 63% of Welsh towns. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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 Northop · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns, against 96% in Northop. For comparison, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.5%), Pakistani (0.6%) and Chinese (0.4%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 55% in Northop, more than in 89% of UK towns
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
Set against 38% across Wales’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Northop. Here, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. Measured more widely, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of Northop’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 13% have no qualification (20%). A levels are the highest qualification of 16%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Northop and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 | 1,030 | — | 50.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 1.3 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Northop Hall | 1,826 | 1.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Flint | 12,776 | 2.4 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 29% |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 2.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 25% |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 2.8 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Mold | 9,890 | 2.9 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 27% |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Northop’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’s residents
What is the population of Northop?
The 2021 Census counted 1,030 people in Northop’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Northop?
The median age was 50.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Northop?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Northop?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Northop good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Northop’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Northop?
144 residents aged 3 and over, 14%, 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.