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A town of 3,822 in Clwyd, Wales.
Penyffordd grades A overall against UK towns: better than 88% of UK towns, and #1 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is health (A+): 2.7% in bad or very bad health, 13% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade). Its weakest is walkability (D−): 6% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £277,000 in the last three years, 6 times what households in the Flintshire council area earn in a year.
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.
The 3 things Penyffordd does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Penyffordd is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 1 building inside Penyffordd’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Penyffordd.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income came to £56K a year before tax, above both Clwyd’s towns (£45K) and Wales’s towns (£44K). At the census, 93% of commuters went by car. Work in town: 3% of resident commuters. Home was the main workplace for 31% of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Penyffordd’s two primaries have 454 pupils between them. Below is one of them, and why it was picked. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol PenyfforddLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 345 | – |
The nearest A&E to Penyffordd is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 7.3 miles away. The town’s share in bad or very bad health, 2.7%, is the lowest of the 62 towns in Clwyd. In addition, at the census, 13% of people here had a disability, below both Clwyd’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Men in Penyffordd can expect to live to 84.5, women to 86.5 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Penyffordd | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.7% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy among them, do allow for age.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
No town in Clwyd has fewer listed buildings for its size than Penyffordd. 10% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Clwyd’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (27%).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 89 crimes and 51 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Penyffordd’s built-up area. Burglary and damage came to 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Clwyd’s towns (10.7) and Wales’s towns (10.7). 52% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
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.
Penyffordd is the second most expensive of the 39 towns in Clwyd, at £277,000. Social housing holds 4% of households, below both Clwyd’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (18%). The private rented sector houses 7% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £337,995 | 93 |
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | 71 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 17 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Clwyd’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (21%) alike. Ages in Penyffordd split evenly at 40.9: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Penyffordd | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 40% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Penyffordd. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle2.8 km outside town, to the south
CastleOld Hawarden Castle2.8 km outside town, to the northeast
Castle · CadwCastell Ewloe4.9 km outside town, to the north
Historic housePlas Teg1.6 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleHawarden Castle3 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumBuckley Library2.6 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | — | A | C+ | A | A+ |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 1.8 | — | C | A+ | A+ |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 1.9 | B− | B+ | C+ | C |
| Leeswood | 1,948 | 2.3 | — | A− | B | C+ |
| Broughton | 6,532 | 2.5 | B+ | B | B | C+ |
| Hawarden | 14,284 | 2.6 | B | B | B− | C+ |
| Hope | 4,422 | 2.8 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 3.1 | A− | B | A | B |
Higher Kinnerton and Leeswood have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Band D council tax in Penyffordd is £2,376 for 2026–27, less than in 63% of UK towns (the Flintshire council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Penyffordd is a built-up area of 3,822 people, in the Flintshire 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
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.
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