Photo: Roger May · CC BY-SA 2.0Tanyfron is younger than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 36.2
In Tanyfron, 42% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 38% across Wales’s towns. Its 950 households held 2,229 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 46%. At 9%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 87% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tanyfron’s people
A village of families
35% of Tanyfron’s 950 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Tanyfron’s residents are under 36.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 10% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across Wales’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Against that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Tanyfron: 6.2% of adults are full-time students, above 87% 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 Tanyfron, a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. To put it in context, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Above 94% of UK towns: 35% of households have dependent children
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.
With one-person households at 29%, Tanyfron is behind 59% of UK towns on that count. Households here average 2.3 people each. Across Wales’s towns, households with dependent children come to 27%.
28% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 78% 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
Households in detached houses: 26%, below 58% of UK towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 29%. Here, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Tanyfron sits below 62% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (5.2%)
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (1.3%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 65% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns.
13% of people in Tanyfron speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 287 residents aged 3 and over, 13%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: more than in 62% of Welsh towns. In Clwyd, Llanfairfechan has the highest share (44%).
Tanyfron sits above 87% of UK towns for residents with no religion (47%)
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 Tanyfron · Clwyd’s towns 92% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and African (0.6%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 93%, more than in 59% of UK towns.
7.2% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 95% 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
Students and young renters account for much of that. Across Tanyfron, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Tanyfron compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (20%). A levels are as far as 20% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Tanyfron
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 Tanyfron’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 Tanyfron’s residents
What is the population of Tanyfron?
The 2021 Census counted 2,229 people in Tanyfron’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tanyfron?
The median age was 36.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 10% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tanyfron?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 92% across Clwyd’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tanyfron?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Tanyfron good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Tanyfron’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Tanyfron?
287 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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