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40.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Only 2.7% of households live in a flat or apartment in Pen-y-ffordd

The share of adults who have never married tops 92% of UK towns: 41%. 841 residents in 338 households: that is Pen-y-ffordd at the 2021 Census. The census found that 30% of households have dependent children locally. The median age locally is 40.4, lower than in 78% of UK towns.

20%aged 65 or over 3.8%born abroad 338households

Ages

Above 92% of UK towns: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Pen-y-fforddWales’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. Pen-y-ffordd has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns, at 20%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6426%

65 and over20%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Pen-y-ffordd

Wales

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 95% 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

Full-time students4.2%

Higher managerial and professional6.7%

Lower managerial and professional13%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed8.5%

Supervisory and technical7.5%

Semi-routine18%

Routine17%

Never worked or long-term unemployed12%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Pen-y-ffordd

6.2%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.2%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0.2× Wales’s share

Where 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns, Pen-y-ffordd has 4.2%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.

Households

2.4 people per household, more than in 76% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 1.5%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Pen-y-ffordd

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people34%

3 people20%

4 people14%

5 or more4.7%

Wales’s towns.

27% of households are one person living alone, against 32% across Wales’s towns. Here, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

More households in terraced houses than 81% of UK towns: 29%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Pen-y-ffordd

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van17%

One38%

Two31%

Three or more14%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Households without a car or van make up 17%, against 21% across Wales’s towns. 2.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 95% of UK towns; 29% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 91% 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%

Pen-y-ffordd

3.8%

Clwyd’s towns

6.6%

Wales’s towns

7.4%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, against 7.4% across Wales’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). As a reference point, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns.

Welsh language

Welsh in Pen-y-ffordd: 22% of residents speak it

Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh22%

Can speak, read and write Welsh15%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)30%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Asked in 2021, 177 residents aged 3 and over, 22%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 78% of Welsh towns. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).

Ethnicity & religion

Pen-y-ffordd ranks above 78% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 45%

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

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White3.1%

Asian1.2%

Mixed1.4%

Black0%

Other0%

0%3%6%

White British, not charted: 94% of Pen-y-ffordd · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion45%

Christian45%

Muslim1.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer8.2%

0%30%60%

Islam is the religion of 1.1% of residents. Residents with no religion: 47% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 94%. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Pen-y-ffordd, 45%.

Relationships & caring

Only 38% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Pen-y-ffordd

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership41%

Married or civil partnership38%

Separated2.8%

Divorced9.9%

Widowed8.7%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

91residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.9%

20 to 49 hours2.7%

50 hours or more4.1%

10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns, against 12% in Pen-y-ffordd. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 32 residents. On average, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.

Qualifications

23% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications22%

Apprenticeship7.1%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level23%

Pen-y-fforddClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 23% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 22% hold no qualification (20%).

Neighbours

Pen-y-ffordd is younger than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

MelidenPrestatynDyserthHolywellBagilltCaldyWest KirbyPen-y-ffordd

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Pen-y-ffordd	841	—	40.4	20%	30%
Meliden	2,002	4.4 mi	46.3	24%	27%
Prestatyn	16,678	4.6 mi	50.3	29%	23%
Dyserth	2,038	4.8 mi	48.9	24%	25%
Holywell	7,741	4.9 mi	43.1	20%	28%
Bagillt	5,943	6 mi	42.2	19%	29%
Caldy	1,227	6.2 mi	55.4	34%	24%
West Kirby	13,383	6.3 mi	50.4	28%	25%

More about Pen-y-ffordd’s residents

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How to read these numbers

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 Pen-y-ffordd’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 Pen-y-ffordd’s residents

What is the population of Pen-y-ffordd?

The 2021 Census counted 841 people in Pen-y-ffordd’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Pen-y-ffordd?

The median age was 40.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Pen-y-ffordd?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Pen-y-ffordd?

45% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.

Is Pen-y-ffordd good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pen-y-ffordd’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Pen-y-ffordd?

177 residents aged 3 and over, 22%, 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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