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A town of 3,148 in Gwynedd, Wales.
Amlwch grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 36% of UK towns, and #7 of 13 in Gwynedd. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A): median sale £155,000, 3.4 years of area income; rent £714 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £43,135; 3.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
This town's Health Grade uses 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' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
The 3 things Amlwch does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Amlwch is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 24 buildings inside Amlwch’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade II*.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 3 old photos and postcards going back to 1797.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Amlwch.
Behind the median of £155,000: 106 standard sales inside Amlwch’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Just over three in five households own their home, close to Gwynedd’s towns (63%) and below Wales’s towns (65%). The social rented sector houses 21% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £265,000 | 37 |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | 24 |
| Terraced | £126,000 | 44 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Some 795 pupils attend Amlwch’s one primary and one secondary. All of them are below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gynradd AmlwchLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 258 | – |
| Ysgol Syr Thomas JonesLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 537 | – |
23% of residents have a disability, above Gwynedd’s towns (20%) and close to Wales’s towns (22%). The nearest A&E to Amlwch is Ysbyty Gwynedd, 15.9 miles away. Also worth knowing: men in Amlwch can expect to live to 78.3, women to 80.2 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Amlwch | Gwynedd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.8% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 20% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
38% of homes were built before 1919. Cadw’s list names 24 listed buildings in Amlwch: 3 Grade II*. Per 10,000 residents, Amlwch counts 76 listed buildings.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
For its size, Amlwch records more crime per resident than 71% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Reported offences here came to 197 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 87. There were 19.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above Gwynedd’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4) alike. Violence and sexual offences were 66% of the crimes.
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.
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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 16% of workers worked mainly from home. For every resident in work, Amlwch has 0.6 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, lower than both Gwynedd’s towns (13%) and Wales’s towns (12%). Half of Amlwch is older than 46.6, half younger. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Amlwch | Gwynedd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 32% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwynedd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
24 listed buildings in Amlwch.
Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones: Photo: Prosiect Wici Mon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, St Winifred: Photo: TuK Bassler · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of St Eleth: Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dinorben Arms Hotel: Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 notable people were born in Amlwch.
Andy Whitfield: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amlwch | 3,148 | — | C+ | A | C | C− |
| Cemaes | 1,023 | 4.5 | — | B+ | B− | C− |
| Llanerchymedd | 1,155 | 5.7 | — | A | B+ | C− |
| Benllech | 2,072 | 7.8 | — | B− | A− | C+ |
| Bodedern | 1,193 | 10 | — | A− | B− | C− |
| Llangefni | 5,264 | 11 | C | A | D | C |
Cemaes, Llanerchymedd, Benllech and Bodedern have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
24 on Cadw’s list, 3 of them Grade II*. That is 3.1 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £155,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £126,000, semi-detached houses £160,000 and detached houses £265,000.
Town in Gwynedd, Wales
Amlwch is a built-up area of 3,148 people, in the Isle of Anglesey 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
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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