Photo: Stephen Charles · CC BY-SA 2.0Soughton is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.7
Compared with 29% across Wales’s towns, 5.8% of households live in a terraced house here. Soughton is home to 1,697 residents in 736 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 60%. 0.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Soughton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Soughton’s residents are under 51.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 21% across Wales’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns: 7.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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%.
The share of full-time students is 4%, against 8% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.1%.
Fewer people live alone than in 93% of UK towns: 23% of households
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.
Against a figure of 27% across Wales’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Soughton comes in at 23%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van make up 5.6% in Soughton, less than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 24% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Soughton comes in at 52%. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
Soughton sits below 95% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.7%)
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 99% of UK towns: 100%. Elsewhere, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Of Soughton’s residents, 15% can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
15% of residents aged 3 and over, 257 people, said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, more than in 68% of Welsh towns (Welsh towns: 16%). Llanfairfechan leads Clwyd with 44%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 98%
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: 98% of Soughton · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 47% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Soughton comes in at 34%. Across Wales’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 90%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 59% locally.
Adults who have never married: 24%, a lower share than 96% 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
At 10%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Wales’s towns. As a yardstick, 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 53 residents.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Soughton’s adults: 40% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Soughton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soughton | 1,697 | — | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Northop | 1,030 | 1.3 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 1.5 mi | 50 | 29% | 25% |
| Mold | 9,890 | 1.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 27% |
| Northop Hall | 1,826 | 1.9 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Buckley | 13,562 | 2.6 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 3.3 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Flint | 12,776 | 3.8 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 Soughton’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 Soughton’s residents
What is the population of Soughton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,697 people in Soughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Soughton?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Soughton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Soughton?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Soughton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Soughton’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Soughton?
257 residents aged 3 and over, 15%, 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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