Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 88% of UK towns: half of Overton is over 50.7
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, above 92% of UK towns. At the same time, 24% of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 80% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 912 residents in Overton, living in 420 households. Households in detached houses: nearly two fifths of the total.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.3% of residents. As a reference point, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 76% 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
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
In Overton, 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 97% 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%.
Here 6.7% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 8%. On average, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 84% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Across Wales’s towns, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Overton, 1.7%. One-person households: just over a third of the total.
More households in terraced houses than 73% of UK towns: 26%
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
Across Wales’s towns, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Overton, 7.1%. For comparison, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. In one household in 7 there is no car or van.
3.3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 87% 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 the Middle East and Asia (1.2%) and in EU countries (1.1%). On average, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 83% of UK towns.
Speaking Welsh: 9% in Overton
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 80, or 9% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 78% of them. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Overton · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 34% here and 47% across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 64% of UK towns: 30%
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
Some 27 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of adults who have never married across Wales’s towns is 38%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 46%, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 10%, from the figure across Wales’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
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 Overton, 18%, while 37% hold one at degree level (31%). Many still at university: 15% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Every neighbour of Overton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overton | 912 | — | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 3.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 4.5 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
| St Martins | 2,692 | 4.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Ruabon | 3,414 | 4.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 4.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Chirk | 3,930 | 5.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | 5.6 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 29% |
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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 Overton’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 Overton’s residents
What is the population of Overton?
The 2021 Census counted 912 people in Overton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Overton?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Overton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Overton?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Overton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Overton’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Overton?
80 residents aged 3 and over, 9%, 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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