Photo: Ian Paterson · CC BY-SA 2.056% of households live in a detached house, more than in 94% of UK towns
With married adults and civil partners at 57%, Rossett is ahead of 92% of UK towns on that count. At the 2021 Census Rossett was home to 1,977 people in 867 households. Here, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house. Half of the village’s residents are over 49.7, older than in 83% of UK towns.
Above 76% of UK towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Rossett: 6.4% of adults are full-time students, above 88% of UK towns
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%.
In Rossett, 45% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 8%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.5% here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Rossett, 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% 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.
In Rossett, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 32% across Wales’s towns. Just over a quarter of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns. The usual figure: 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns.
Only 11% of households have no car or van in Rossett
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
In Rossett, 8.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 14% across Wales’s towns. One household in every 9 has no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Rossett, more than in 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). On residents born outside the UK, Rossett sits lower than 58% of UK towns: 5.6%. Across Wales’s towns, 96% of residents have English as their main language. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 17% of those born abroad (Wales’s towns: 23%).
In Rossett, Welsh is a language for 9.9% of residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
9.9% of residents aged 3 and over, 192 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, fewer than in 70% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). No town in Clwyd beats Llanfairfechan (44%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns: 57%
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 Rossett · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
1.2% of residents are Muslim. Fewer residents with no religion than in 78% of UK towns: 36%. The usual figure: 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 92%, below 52% of UK towns.
In Rossett, 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 90% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 66 residents. 10% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 71% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, adults who have never married come to 38%.
44% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 44% of Rossett’s adults, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 14% have no qualification (20%). Many still at university: 14% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Rossett and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
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 Rossett’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 Rossett’s residents
What is the population of Rossett?
The 2021 Census counted 1,977 people in Rossett’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rossett?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rossett?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rossett?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Rossett good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Rossett’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Rossett?
192 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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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