Abersoch’s story
7 listed buildings
Cadw lists them inside Abersoch’s built-up area.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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AbersochGwynedd
615 people live in this village in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Photo: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
615
Census 2021 · Gwynedd council
Median home
£385K
61 sales in 3 years
Median age
53.4
30% are 65+ · Gwynedd 23%
Degree level
35%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
30%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Abersoch a good place to live?
Towns under 1,000 residents aren’t graded, so Abersoch has no grades; its figures are still real. Its listed buildings number 7, with 0 at Grade I. 30% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
What makes Abersoch stand out
The 3 things Abersoch does most differently from other towns.
Listed buildings per 10,000 residents
History
0 Grade II*; 4.7 times the typical UK town for its size
Cadw’s list, October 2026.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
30% walk, cycle or ride
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
30% are 65 or over
Against 21% across Wales’s towns
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abersoch.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Abersoch than in Gwynedd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 13% are under 15
11% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Gwynedd’s towns (13%) and Wales’s towns (12%). The middle age in Abersoch is 53.4. Among adults, 35% have a degree.
53.4median age
AbersochGwyneddWales
Ages · share of residents
30%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level35%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Abersoch | Gwynedd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 32% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwynedd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Abersoch
It is shown below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gynradd AbersochLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | – | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Work & commute
The car carries only 67% of commuters in Abersoch, fewer than in Gwynedd’s towns and across Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Income per household averages £43K a year, before tax. 36% of workers worked mainly from home, higher than both Gwynedd’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (24%). For 27% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Of the commuters living in Abersoch, 21% work in the town itself.
30%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving67%
On foot25%
Bicycle2%
Bus1%
Underground, tram1%
27%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
36%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£43K
mean household income, before tax
3.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Housing
A home in Abersoch sells for £385K, more than in Gwynedd’s towns and across Wales’s towns
The private rented sector houses 22% of households. Private rents average £724 a month across the Gwynedd council area. Households that own their home make up 60%.
£385Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Abersoch£385K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £470,000 | 27 |
| Semi-detached | £450,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £300,000 | 15 |
| Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | 6 |
60%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
22%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£724
average private rent a month, Gwynedd council area
£2,469
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Abersoch records more violent crime per resident than Gwynedd’s towns or Wales’s towns, at 52 per 1,000 a year
Violence and sexual offences were just over three fifths of the crimes. Burglary and damage add up to 14.1 per 1,000 residents each year. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 62 recorded crimes inside Abersoch’s built-up area, and 8 reports of anti-social behaviour.
52violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual38
Public order8
Shoplifting7
Damage & arson5
Other theft2
Robbery1
Theft from person1
Burglary0
Anti-social8
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
52
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
14.1
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
14.6
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
62
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Health
Abersoch is 30.4 miles from the nearest A&E
There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 2.6 miles off. 19% of residents in Abersoch live with a disability. At the census, 7.6% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, above Gwynedd’s towns (5.5%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%) alike.
80%good or very good health
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 80%Fair 12%Bad or very bad 8%
| Census 2021 | Abersoch | Gwynedd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.6% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 20% | 22% |
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy.
History
Abersoch has fewer old homes than Gwynedd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 18% built before 1919
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Listed buildings per head: 114 for every 10,000 residents of Abersoch.
7listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II7
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
18%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
114
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Abersoch
12pages on Abersoch
The big questions
Safety52 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingMedian home £385K · rent £724 a monthHousing21 sold in 12 months · busiest street Cae Du EstateSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthWork & commute61% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazards1.3% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Abersoch’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Questions about Abersoch
How many listed buildings are there in Abersoch?
7 on Cadw’s list. That is 4.7 times the typical UK town for its size.
Is Abersoch expensive to live in?
By type: flats £205,000, terraced houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £450,000 and detached houses £470,000.
About Abersoch
Village in Gwynedd, Wales
Abersoch is a built-up area of 615 people, in the Gwynedd council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 615 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Gwynedd
- County
- Gwynedd
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi (1 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000187
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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