Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.01% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
With households in terraced houses at 4%, Penyffordd is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 3,822, in 1,577 households. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 96%. 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 88% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Penyffordd’s people
A town of families
33% of Penyffordd’s 1,577 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 87% of UK towns. 19% 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).
A median age of 40.9: Penyffordd is younger than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 72% of UK towns: 19%. In Penrhyn Bay, the oldest of Clwyd’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Penyffordd, 40.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 59% of UK towns, at 5%
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%.
Where 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns, Penyffordd has 7.8%. Full-time students make up 8% across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Penyffordd ranks below 94% of UK towns on one-person households: 22%
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.
27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns, against 33% in Penyffordd. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Households without a car or van make up 5.4% in Penyffordd, less than in 98% of UK towns
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
By its share of households in detached houses (57%), Penyffordd is above 94% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 96% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 3.9% of residents were born outside the UK. Where 23% of those born abroad across Wales’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 16%.
Speaking Welsh: 12% in Penyffordd
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 423 residents aged 3 and over, 12%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: fewer than in 51% of Welsh towns. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).
51% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 59% 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
White British, not charted: 96% of Penyffordd · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.9%). On residents with no religion, Penyffordd sits higher than 54% of UK towns: 42%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 43%.
Penyffordd: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 91% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Against a figure of 38% across Wales’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Penyffordd comes in at 29%. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Locally, 8.8% of residents give unpaid care.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
40% of Penyffordd’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 10% have none (20%).
530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 76th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Penyffordd in age: Drayton (40.8), New Tredegar (40.8), Sutton Courtenay (41) and Horton Heath (41).
Penyffordd is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | — | 40.9 | 19% | 33% |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 1.8 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Leeswood | 1,948 | 2.3 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 28% |
| Broughton | 6,532 | 2.5 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 30% |
| Hawarden | 14,284 | 2.6 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Hope | 4,422 | 2.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 29% |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 3.1 mi | 50 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Penyffordd’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 Penyffordd’s residents
What is the population of Penyffordd?
The 2021 Census counted 3,822 people in Penyffordd’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Penyffordd?
The median age was 40.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Penyffordd?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Penyffordd?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Penyffordd good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Penyffordd’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Penyffordd?
423 residents aged 3 and over, 12%, 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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