Jobs & income is its weak spot — households earn a mean £44,712 a year, and 4.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its strongest is walkability: nearly a fifth of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. At a median £177,750, a home costs 4 times the yearly income of households in the Conwy council area. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #18 of 39 in Clwyd. That leaves it better than a quarter of UK towns.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Penmaenmawr is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Penmaenmawr.
Health
Disability is more common in Penmaenmawr than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 24% of residents
Men in Penmaenmawr can expect to live to 76.6, women to 83.2 (2019–23). Seeing a GP means leaving Penmaenmawr: the nearest practice is 2.3 miles away. The nearest A&E to Penmaenmawr is Ysbyty Gwynedd, 10.6 miles away.
79%good or very good healthC−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 7%
Census 2021
Penmaenmawr
Clwyd
Wales
Good or very good health
79%
79%
78%
Bad or very bad health
6.6%
6.5%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
24%
22%
22%
76.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
83.2
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
Schools
1 state school in Penmaenmawr
It appears below. The town’s primary school has 155 pupils.
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Under 5 km to work: 19% in Penmaenmawr, fewer than in both Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Home was the main workplace for 27% of workers at the census. 78% of commuters drove, below both Clwyd’s towns (83%) and Wales’s towns (81%). For every resident in work, Penmaenmawr has 0.3 jobs. About nearly a tenth of its commuters stay in Penmaenmawr for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Safety
Penmaenmawr records less burglary and damage per resident than Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns, at 7.2 per 1,000 a year
57% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Reported offences in Penmaenmawr came to 161 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 40. For its size, Penmaenmawr records more crime per resident than 70% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
34.3violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 30% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual91
Shoplifting19
Public order15
Other theft14
Burglary8
Damage & arson5
Other crime4
Drugs3
Anti-social40
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
34.3
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.2
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
14.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
History
Much of Penmaenmawr is a conservation area: 25% of its land, more than in both Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 57% of the total, higher than both Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (27%). Penmaenmawr has 7 listed buildings on Cadw’s list, all Grade II.
7listed buildingsBHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II7
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
57%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
25
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B−
More households rent privately in Penmaenmawr than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 22%
60% of households own their home, below both Clwyd’s towns (66%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Private rents average £796 a month across the Conwy council area. The median sale, £177,750, comes from 128 standard sales inside Penmaenmawr’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Who lives here
Penmaenmawr has fewer young adults than Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24
Half the people of Penmaenmawr are older than 46.6. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Degrees are held by 33% of adults.
46.6median age
PenmaenmawrClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications18%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenWalesMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Dwygyfylchi, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy and Beaumaris have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Penmaenmawr
How many listed buildings are there in Penmaenmawr?
7 on Cadw’s list.
Is Penmaenmawr expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £177,750, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £142,000, terraced houses £145,000, semi-detached houses £217,000 and detached houses £345,000.
About Penmaenmawr
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Penmaenmawr is a built-up area of 2,762 people, in the Conwy council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
2,762 (Census 2021)
Council
Conwy
County
Clwyd
Region
Wales
Area
0.4 sq mi (0.9 km²)
ONS code
W45000050
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
