Church of St John · Photo: J Scott · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
47% of households live in a detached house; across Wales’s towns the figure is 24%. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. Rhydymwyn had 522 residents in 228 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 23% of households have dependent children.
Rhydymwyn is older than 86% of UK towns: a median age of 50.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of UK towns. By contrast, across Wales’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Rhydymwyn has 8.7%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Rhydymwyn sits below 84% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (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 Rhydymwyn, 32% and 24%. Elsewhere, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. Here, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Rhydymwyn ranks below 66% of UK towns on one-person households: 28%
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.
3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, nearly a third of households are one person living alone. The average household has 2.3 people.
Fewer car-free households than 81% of UK towns: 10%
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 29% across Wales’s towns, 13% of households live in a terraced house here. Against that, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
1.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Against a figure of 96% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Rhydymwyn comes in at 99%. Residents born outside the UK: 7.4% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.8%) and in Africa (0.6%).
Welsh is spoken by 17% of Rhydymwyn’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
At the 2021 Census, 86 residents aged 3 and over, 17%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 69% of Welsh towns. Top of Clwyd: Llanfairfechan, at 44%.
Rhydymwyn ranks above 71% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 44%
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: 97% of Rhydymwyn · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. As a yardstick, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 14%, 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 23. Set beside that, one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. At 53%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 80% of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married is 29%, against 38% across Wales’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
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 Rhydymwyn, 36%, and 16% have none, against 20%.
Rhydymwyn and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhydymwyn | 522 | — | 50.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 2.4 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Northop | 1,030 | 2.6 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Mold | 9,890 | 2.7 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 27% |
| Pentre Halkyn | 1,082 | 3.4 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 22% |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 3.6 mi | 50 | 29% | 25% |
| Northop Hall | 1,826 | 4.1 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Flint | 12,776 | 4.1 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 29% |
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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 Rhydymwyn’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 Rhydymwyn’s residents
What is the population of Rhydymwyn?
The 2021 Census counted 522 people in Rhydymwyn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rhydymwyn?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rhydymwyn?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rhydymwyn?
44% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Rhydymwyn good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Rhydymwyn’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Rhydymwyn?
86 residents aged 3 and over, 17%, 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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