Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking town: 19% of Rhosllannerchrugog’s residents speak Welsh
47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns, against 49% in Rhosllannerchrugog. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 41%. The median age here is 41.5, lower than in 72% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 12,789 people lived locally, in 5,563 households.
What the Census says about Rhosllannerchrugog’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Rhosllannerchrugog at 13,800 in 2011 and 13,700 in 2024, down 1%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 90% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A Welsh-speaking town
2,360 residents, 19% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 73% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
−1% since 2011, a pace below 90% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Rhosllannerchrugog’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,800 people in 2011; 13,700 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +21% for the 65 and over to −12% for the 0 to 15.
A young town: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
A fifth of Rhosllannerchrugog is 65 or over, against 23% across Clwyd’s towns and 21% across Wales’s towns. In Penrhyn Bay, the oldest of Clwyd’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Rhosllannerchrugog, 41.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Rhosllannerchrugog ranks above 90% of UK towns on full-time students: 6.7%
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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine work; in Rhosllannerchrugog, 23% and 33%. As a yardstick, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Rhosllannerchrugog: 29% of households have dependent children, above 65% of UK towns
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.
Rhosllannerchrugog sits close to the norm on one-person households: 32%, about the same as across Wales’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across Wales’s towns: 27%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2% here.
In Rhosllannerchrugog, 17% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 61% 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
Compared with 24% across Wales’s towns, 26% of households live in a detached house here. 21% of households have no car or van, more than in 75% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. On the census count, one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.9%, a lower share than 65% 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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 13% of that group, against 23% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Welsh in Rhosllannerchrugog: 19% of residents speak it
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 2,360, or 19% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 73% of them. Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 68% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Rhosllannerchrugog · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.4%). 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Rhosllannerchrugog: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 87% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 498. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 38%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
23% of Rhosllannerchrugog’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 25% have one at degree level (31%). The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
From a median age of 39 in Pen-y-cae & Minera to 46 in Johnstown North & Rhostyllen
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Johnstown North & Rhostyllen is the oldest area, with 25% aged 65 or over; Pen-y-cae & Minera the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Pen-y-cae & Minera (32% of households).
Of 382 UK towns its size (9,000 to 17,000 people), the 91st youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Rhosllannerchrugog in age: Royston (41.5), Godalming (41.5), New Ollerton and Ollerton (41.6) and South Elmsall (41.7).
Rhosllannerchrugog is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | — | 41.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Ruabon | 3,414 | 1.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 2.1 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 6,905 | 2.3 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 33% |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 2.9 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Coedpoeth | 4,738 | 3.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Tanyfron | 2,229 | 3.9 mi | 36.2 | 10% | 35% |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 3.9 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Rhosllannerchrugog’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Rhosllannerchrugog’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 13,577 people in 2021, against 12,789 in the built-up area.
- 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 Rhosllannerchrugog’s residents
What is the population of Rhosllannerchrugog?
The 2021 Census counted 12,789 people in Rhosllannerchrugog’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 13,700 people in mid-2024, 1% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Rhosllannerchrugog?
The median age was 41.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 72% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rhosllannerchrugog?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rhosllannerchrugog?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Rhosllannerchrugog good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Families are most common in Pen-y-cae & Minera (32% of households). Schools are on Rhosllannerchrugog’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Rhosllannerchrugog?
2,360 residents aged 3 and over, 19%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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