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A village of 1,120 in Gwynedd, Wales.
Beaumaris has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 32% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £45,901; 4.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £315,000 in the last three years, 7 times what households in the Isle of Anglesey council area earn in a year.
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 Beaumaris 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 Beaumaris is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 234 buildings inside Beaumaris’s built-up area, 24 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds a map from 1610.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Beaumaris. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCastell Biwmares / Beaumaris Castle100 m outside town, to the east
CathedralBangor Cathedral3.8 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleCastell Aberlleiniog3.1 km outside town, to the north
Castle · National TrustPenrhyn Castle3.5 km outside town, to the south
PierGarth Pier2.6 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaumaris.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6% of the town, below both Gwynedd’s towns (13%) and Wales’s towns (12%). 9.4% of residents are children under 15. The age that splits Beaumaris in two is 58.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Beaumaris | Gwynedd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.4% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.4% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 12% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 39% | 32% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwynedd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
It is listed below. Its one primary school teaches 32 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gynradd BeaumarisLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 32 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Of Beaumaris’ land, 49% lies in conservation areas, above Gwynedd’s towns (4%) and Wales’s towns (0%) alike. It is part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site. The town has 234 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 24 Grade I, 12 Grade II*. Its listed buildings include Beaumaris Gaol, Grade I.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
27% of workers worked mainly from home, above both Gwynedd’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (24%). Of the commuters living in Beaumaris, 19% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 1.3.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
72 crimes and 27 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Beaumaris’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. There were 19.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Gwynedd’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Of all the crimes, 58% were violence and sexual offences.
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.
Just over three quarters of Beaumaris’ residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than both Gwynedd’s towns (80%) and Wales’s towns (78%). At the census, 7.4% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Beaumaris | Gwynedd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.4% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 20% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy.
Private rents average £714 a month across the Isle of Anglesey council area. 16% live in social housing, below Gwynedd’s towns (19%) and Wales’s towns (18%) alike. The median sale, £315,000, comes from 61 standard sales inside Beaumaris’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £580,000 | 15 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 12 |
| Terraced | £215,000 | 25 |
| Flat or maisonette | £380,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
9 notable people were born in Beaumaris.
Neil Sloane: Laine Whitcomb, CC BY 2.0 · Charles Allen Duval: Charles Allen Duval, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris | 1,120 | — | — | B− | C | C+ |
| Bangor | 16,994 | 3.4 | C | A− | D | D |
| Menai Bridge | 3,045 | 3.8 | B | A− | C | B |
| Llanfairfechan | 3,547 | 5.1 | C− | C+ | C | C |
| Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll | 2,905 | 5.1 | B+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Tregarth | 1,252 | 5.1 | — | B | A+ | C+ |
| Bethesda | 3,757 | 6.1 | C+ | A− | C | C+ |
| Benllech | 2,072 | 6.7 | — | B− | A− | C+ |
Tregarth and Benllech have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
234 on Cadw’s list, 24 of them Grade I and 12 Grade II*. That is 85.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Beaumaris Gaol. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. Part of it is in the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site.
Village in Gwynedd, Wales
Beaumaris is a built-up area of 1,120 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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