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A village of 1,385 in Gwynedd, Wales.
Prices are modest for what you get (A): homes sell for a median £132,750, about 3 times local household income. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — the mean household earns £49,454 a year. It lags on health as well — 6.2% in bad or very bad health, 20.4% disabled. Walkability is weaker too: on the way to work, 10% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · commuting, Census 2021. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Clwt-y-bont has its subject grades alone.
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 Clwt-y-bont 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 Clwt-y-bont is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 2 buildings inside Clwt-y-bont’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
59% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Clwt-y-bont. Best known first.
Heritage railwayLlanberis Lake Railway1.4 km outside town, to the south
MuseumWelsh Slate Museum2.6 km outside town, to the south
MuseumOld Quarry Hospital2.1 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clwt-y-bont.
14% rent privately, below both Gwynedd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Households that own their home make up 59%. Private rents average £724 a month across the Gwynedd council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £332,500 | 10 |
| Semi-detached | £157,000 | 9 |
| Terraced | £119,000 | 27 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
It is listed below. 131 pupils attend Clwt-y-bont’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Gwaun GynfiLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 131 | – |
There is no GP practice in Clwt-y-bont: the nearest is 2 miles off. Asked at the census, just over four in five residents of Clwt-y-bont said they were in good or very good health. 20% of residents have a disability, close to Gwynedd’s towns (20%) and below Wales’s towns (22%).
| Census 2021 | Clwt-y-bont | Gwynedd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.2% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 20% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 18% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 26%, below Gwynedd’s towns (39%) and Wales’s towns (41%) alike. 3.8% of people aged 16 to 64 were on unemployment benefits in 2026. The bus ranked second among ways to work, at 4%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Over the year to August 2026, 71 offences were reported in Clwt-y-bont, along with 9 incidents of anti-social behaviour. There were 8.4 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Gwynedd’s towns (16.3) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Violence and sexual offences were 72% 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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
It is part of the The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales World Heritage Site. Cadw’s list names 2 listed buildings in Clwt-y-bont: 1 Grade II*. This Gwynedd town has 14 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, lower than both Gwynedd’s towns (78) and Wales’s towns (18).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, lower than both Gwynedd’s towns (32%) and Wales’s towns (31%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Typical age in Clwt-y-bont: 39, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Clwt-y-bont | Gwynedd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 32% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwynedd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clwt-y-bont | 1,385 | — | — | A | C | C− |
| Llanberis | 1,838 | 1.9 | — | B | C | C |
| Llanrug | 1,537 | 2.5 | — | B | B | B− |
| Tregarth | 1,252 | 3.4 | — | B | A+ | C+ |
| Bethel | 1,091 | 3.4 | — | B | A | B− |
| Bethesda | 3,757 | 3.8 | C+ | A− | C | C+ |
| Y Felinheli | 2,333 | 4.1 | — | B+ | B− | B− |
| Bangor | 16,994 | 5.1 | C | A− | D | D |
Llanberis, Llanrug, Tregarth, Bethel and Y Felinheli have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
2 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. Part of it is in the The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales World Heritage Site.
By type: terraced houses £119,000, semi-detached houses £157,000 and detached houses £332,500.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Village in Gwynedd, Wales
Clwt-y-bont is a built-up area of 1,385 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
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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