Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0More households with dependent children than 75% of UK towns: 30%
The median age in Ruabon is 42.1, lower than in just over two thirds of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 3,414 residents locally, living in 1,502 households. Residents with no religion account for 43%. The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns.
Only 19% of residents are 65 or over in Ruabon
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Ruabon is ahead of 64% of UK towns on that count. Typically, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ruabon, 42.1. 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.
Only 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Ruabon
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%.
Set against 8% across Wales’s towns, 6.3% of adults are full-time students in Ruabon. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 80% of UK towns: 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
33% of households are one person living alone (Wales’s towns: 32%). The usual figure: 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Wales’s towns.
Ruabon sits above 73% of UK towns for households without a car or van (20%)
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
Flats are home to 13% of households, against 14% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns. Households in detached houses: 29% of the total.
Residents born outside the UK: 5.7%, a lower share than 57% 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
On residents whose main language is English, 96% here is much the same as across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
A Welsh-speaking share of 13% in Ruabon
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 428 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 13% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 57% of them. Top of Clwyd: Llanfairfechan, at 44%.
48% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 62% 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: 93% of Ruabon · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.2% of residents. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 43%. Higher than in 54% of UK towns: 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Ruabon ranks above 77% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 37%
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 share of married adults and civil partners trails just over three quarters of UK towns: 44%. On average, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 90 residents. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 71% of UK towns.
27% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Ruabon’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 22% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns. 18% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
134th lowest median age among 749 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000
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 Ruabon in age: Grassmoor (42.1), Broomfield (42.1), Hendy and Fforest (42.1) and Farington Moss (42.2).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ruabon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruabon | 3,414 | — | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | 1.4 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 6,905 | 1.5 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 33% |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 2.6 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 3 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Chirk | 3,930 | 3.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
| Coedpoeth | 4,738 | 4.7 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 26% |
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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 Ruabon’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 Ruabon’s residents
What is the population of Ruabon?
The 2021 Census counted 3,414 people in Ruabon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ruabon?
The median age was 42.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ruabon?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ruabon?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Ruabon good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Ruabon’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Ruabon?
428 residents aged 3 and over, 13%, 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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