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41.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A Welsh-speaking village: 71% of Bodedern’s residents speak Welsh

Half of Bodedern’s residents are under 41.2, younger than in 74% of UK towns. The village counted 1,193 residents and 475 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 99% of UK towns: 98%.

20%aged 65 or over 1.6%born abroad 475households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Bodedern’s people

71%of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh; Welsh towns 16%

A Welsh-speaking village

820 residents, 71% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 97% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓

Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).

Ages

A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns: 20%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BodedernWales’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 5–9: 8.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. Across Bodedern, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1520%

15 to 249.7%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6427%

65 and over20%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Bodedern

Wales

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Below 61% of UK towns: 4.6% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students4.6%

Higher managerial and professional6.9%

Lower managerial and professional17%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical6.5%

Semi-routine14%

Routine15%

Never worked or long-term unemployed10%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Bodedern

Wales’s towns

9.8%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 8%; Wales’s towns 9.1%

Of them from abroad

0.1× Wales’s share

The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8% in Bodedern and 9.1% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Bodedern has 24% and 29%.

Households

2.5 people per household, more than in 87% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 11%Living alone, under 66 18%Families with dependent children 29%Couples and families, no young children 39%Shared houses and other 1.9%

Against Gwynedd’s towns and Wales’s towns

Bodedern

Gwynedd’s towns

Wales’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people30%

3 people18%

4 people14%

5 or more9.1%

Wales’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.9%, against 3.1% across Wales’s towns. 29% of households have dependent children, a higher share than in 70% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

Households in detached houses: 47%, a higher share than 87% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Bodedern

Gwynedd’s towns

Wales’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One38%

Two34%

Three or more17%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

27% of households live in a terraced house, against 29% across Wales’s towns. Bodedern has fewer households without a car or van than 78% of UK towns, at 11%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.

Where people were born

Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 1.6%

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%

Bodedern

1.6%

Gwynedd’s towns

5.4%

Wales’s towns

7.4%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.2%

Another main language, little or no English0%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). Across Wales’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 7.4%. 100% of residents have English as their main language (Wales’s towns: 96%).

Welsh language

Speaking Welsh: 71% in Bodedern

Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.

Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over

Can speak Welsh71%

Can speak, read and write Welsh62%

Any Welsh skill (including understanding only)79%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

At the 2021 Census, 820 residents aged 3 and over, 71%, said they can speak Welsh, against 16% across Welsh towns: more than in 97% of Welsh towns. In Gwynedd, Caernarfon has the highest share (82%).

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 64% of UK towns: 52%

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

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

Other White1.1%

Asian0.3%

Mixed0.3%

Black0.1%

Other0%

0%2%4%

White British, not charted: 98% of Bodedern · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.

Religion · all residents

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

No religion40%

Christian52%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.8%

Didn’t answer7.2%

0%30%60%

Asked about religion, 40% answered none, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Across Wales’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 43%.

Relationships & caring

Above 72% of UK towns: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership36%

Married or civil partnership46%

Separated1.7%

Divorced8.4%

Widowed8%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

101residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9%, against 10% in Wales’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.7%

20 to 49 hours2.3%

50 hours or more2.9%

46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 43% across Wales’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 38% across Wales’s towns. For Bodedern, the census puts unpaid carers at 9%.

Qualifications

25% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications23%

Apprenticeship7.2%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level25%

BodedernGwynedd’s townsWales’s towns

In Bodedern, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 23% have no qualification at all (20%).

Neighbours

Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Bodedern

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ValleyHolyheadLlanerchymeddLlangefniCemaesAmlwchGaerwenBodedern

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Bodedern	1,193	—	41.2	20%	29%
Valley	2,003	2.6 mi	51.2	29%	23%
Holyhead	11,753	5.6 mi	39.4	18%	29%
Llanerchymedd	1,155	5.8 mi	44.3	21%	30%
Llangefni	5,264	8.3 mi	39.5	20%	31%
Cemaes	1,023	8.5 mi	57.2	37%	18%
Amlwch	3,148	10.4 mi	46.6	23%	26%
Gaerwen	1,277	10.6 mi	39.8	19%	30%

More about Bodedern’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health C⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute DIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living A⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Gwynedd’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gwynedd (or Wales), summed the same way as Bodedern’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 Bodedern’s residents

What is the population of Bodedern?

The 2021 Census counted 1,193 people in Bodedern’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Bodedern?

The median age was 41.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Bodedern?

98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Bodedern?

40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.

Is Bodedern good for families?

29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Bodedern’s schools page.

How many people speak Welsh in Bodedern?

820 residents aged 3 and over, 71%, 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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