Bersham Colliery No 2 Headframe · Photo: Chris Jones · CC BY-SA 3.0In Rhostyllen, 4.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. At 55%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 78% of UK towns. There were 1,166 households in Rhostyllen at the 2021 Census, home to 2,760 residents. Census figures put households with dependent children at 31% locally.
Rhostyllen’s population moved +2% on 2011, less than in 74% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Rhostyllen’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,800 people in 2011; 2,800 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2018 to mid-2019, up 60 people. The 65 and over age group moved most (+23%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (−5%).
Rhostyllen ranks below 80% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Rhostyllen has 11%. To put it in context, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.5% of residents. With a median age of 41.6, Rhostyllen is younger than 71% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Rhostyllen, 41.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 6.2%
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%.
Full-time students make up 6.5% of adults, against 8% across Wales’s towns. Across the comparison, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 66% of UK towns: 2.3 people each on average
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.
28% of households are one person living alone, against 32% across Wales’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 17% in Rhostyllen, more than in 57% 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
On the census count, 21% of households live in a terraced house. At 30%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 52% of UK towns.
7.4% born outside the UK
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
17% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 23% across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 96% of residents have English as their main language. Higher than in 59% of UK towns: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK.
Speaking Welsh: 9.9% in Rhostyllen
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 262, or 9.9% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 71% of them. Within Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the largest share, 44%.
Residents with no religion make up 38% in Rhostyllen, less than in 69% 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: 92% of Rhostyllen · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents are Muslim. For comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. Rhostyllen has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 51% of UK towns, at 92%.
Adults who have never married make up 36% in Rhostyllen, more than in 74% 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
78 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The usual figure: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Wales’s towns, at 10%.
25% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Wales’s towns, 31% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Rhostyllen, 25%, and 21% have none, against 20%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 16%.
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 80th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Rhostyllen in age: Swavesey (41.5), Markyate (41.6), Maerdy (41.7) and Calverley (42.1).
Rhostyllen is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Rhostyllen’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. Rhostyllen’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,760 people in 2021, against 2,760 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 Rhostyllen’s residents
What is the population of Rhostyllen?
The 2021 Census counted 2,760 people in Rhostyllen’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,800 people in mid-2024, 2% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Rhostyllen?
The median age was 41.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 71% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rhostyllen?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rhostyllen?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Rhostyllen good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Rhostyllen’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Rhostyllen?
262 residents aged 3 and over, 9.9%, 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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