34.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Pentre Maelor is younger than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 34.4

43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns, against 9.5% in Pentre Maelor. The village counted 1,814 residents and 113 households at the 2021 Census. Across Pentre Maelor, nearly a third of households live in a terraced house. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.

3.4%aged 65 or over 5%born abroad 113households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Pentre Maelor’s people

25%of residents had moved in within the year before the Census; Wales’s towns 9.1%34.4median age, younger than 96% of UK towns 35%of households have dependent children; Wales’s towns 27%

A village people move to

25% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.8 times the share across Wales’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓

Younger than most towns

Half of Pentre Maelor’s residents are under 34.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 3.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓

A village of families

35% of Pentre Maelor’s 113 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 4.5% of residents are under 15. Households ↓

Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).

Ages

Only 3.4% of residents are 65 or over in Pentre Maelor

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

Pentre MaelorWales’s towns

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

Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Wales’s towns: 12%. Elsewhere, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 154.5%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4461%

45 to 6419%

65 and over3.4%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

9% women, 91% men

Pentre Maelor

Wales

WomenMen

About 9 women for every 100 men. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% 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 students1.2%

Higher managerial and professional2.3%

Lower managerial and professional7.3%

Intermediate3.6%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical8%

Semi-routine9.2%

Routine32%

Never worked or long-term unemployed23%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Pentre Maelor

26%

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

459

residents, 25%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0.6× Wales’s share

25% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, more than the 9.1% across Wales’s towns. By way of comparison, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.

Households

Pentre Maelor ranks above 94% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 35%

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

Living alone, 66+ 15%Living alone, under 66 13%Families with dependent children 35%Couples and families, no young children 33%Shared houses and other 3.5%

Against Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Pentre Maelor

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person30%

2 people25%

3 people16%

4 people12%

5 or more17%

Wales’s towns.

Households average 2.8 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 87% of UK towns: 3.5%. The usual figure: 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. For Pentre Maelor, the census puts one-person households at 28%.

Homes & cars

In Pentre Maelor, 7.3% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 97% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Pentre Maelor

Clwyd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.2%

One48%

Two32%

Three or more11%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Compared with 21% across Wales’s towns, 9.2% of households have no car or van here. Across the comparison, 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.

Where people were born

Above 71% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language

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%

Pentre Maelor

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 well1.1%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%), then in EU countries (1.4%). Across Wales’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 96%. Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 5% of residents were born outside the UK.

Welsh language

Pentre Maelor’s residents: 6.4% speak Welsh

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

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh6.4%

Can speak, read and write Welsh4.2%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)10%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

At the 2021 Census, 115 residents aged 3 and over, 6.4%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 98% of Welsh towns. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).

Ethnicity & religion

38% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 95% of UK towns

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

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White3.6%

Asian4.2%

Mixed5.6%

Black2.5%

Other0.9%

0%4%8%

White British, not charted: 83% of Pentre Maelor · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion45%

Christian38%

Muslim7.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist2.6%

Other religion1.5%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%30%60%

With residents who describe themselves as White British at 83%, Pentre Maelor is behind just over four fifths of UK towns on that count. Against that, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. 45% of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married: 80%, a higher share than 99% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership80%

Married or civil partnership9.5%

Separated2.1%

Divorced7.4%

Widowed1.3%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

100residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 5.6%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week2.2%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more1.8%

Across Wales’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Pentre Maelor, 5.6%. Against that, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Some 33 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

A degree-level qualification for 17% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications25%

Apprenticeship7.9%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level17%

Pentre MaelorClwyd’s townsWales’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 17% of adults in Pentre Maelor (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 25% (Wales’s towns: 20%).

Neighbours

Pentre Maelor is younger than every town around it

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

MarchwielWrexhamHoltGresfordRhostyllenFarndonBradleyPentre Maelor

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Pentre Maelor	1,814	—	34.4	3.4%	35%
Marchwiel	1,038	1.6 mi	46.6	24%	28%
Wrexham	44,781	2.6 mi	41.2	19%	28%
Holt	1,084	3.4 mi	53.3	32%	22%
Gresford	4,948	3.9 mi	52.6	31%	22%
Rhostyllen	2,760	4 mi	41.6	17%	31%
Farndon	2,227	4.1 mi	45.5	25%	31%
Bradley	1,316	4.5 mi	45.1	23%	29%

More about Pentre Maelor’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health C⁺Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute BIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁺Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

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 Pentre Maelor’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 Pentre Maelor’s residents

What is the population of Pentre Maelor?

The 2021 Census counted 1,814 people in Pentre Maelor’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Pentre Maelor?

The median age was 34.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 3.4% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Pentre Maelor?

83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Pentre Maelor?

45% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 7.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Pentre Maelor good for families?

35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Pentre Maelor’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Pentre Maelor?

115 residents aged 3 and over, 6.4%, 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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