Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0A Welsh-speaking village: 79% of Clwt-y-bont’s residents speak Welsh
The share of households in flats trails 94% of UK towns: 2.7%. Census figures put adults who have never married at 48% in Clwt-y-bont. 47% of households live in a terraced house, a higher share than in 97% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,385 people lived in the village, in 585 households.
What the Census says about Clwt-y-bont’s people
A Welsh-speaking village
1,058 residents, 79% of those aged 3 and over, said they can speak Welsh in 2021, more than in 99% of Welsh towns. Welsh language ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clwt-y-bont’s residents are under 39 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 13% are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 85% of UK towns: half of Clwt-y-bont is under 39
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Wales’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 17% in Clwt-y-bont. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 13%, more than in 95% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Clwt-y-bont: 8% of adults are full-time students, above 94% of UK towns
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in a quarter of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 32% (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). In Clwt-y-bont, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More family households than 81% of UK towns: 31% in Clwt-y-bont
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gwynedd’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
Just over a third of households are one person living alone, against 32% across Wales’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 27% across Wales’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.1% in Clwt-y-bont.
Clwt-y-bont sits below 71% of UK towns for households in detached houses (21%)
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
With households without a car or van at 19%, Clwt-y-bont is ahead of 66% of UK towns on that count. 2.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 94% of UK towns; 21% in a detached house, against 24% across Wales’s towns.
1.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Set against 96% across Wales’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language in Clwt-y-bont. Residents born outside the UK make up 7.4% across Wales’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.7%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%).
Welsh, spoken by 79% of Clwt-y-bont’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 79% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (1,058 people): more than in 99% of Welsh towns. The highest share in Gwynedd belongs to Caernarfon (82%).
Clwt-y-bont ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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
White British, not charted: 97% of Clwt-y-bont · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents said they have no religion, against 47% across Wales’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 81% of UK towns: 44%. The usual figure: nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
33% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Students and young renters account for much of that. 51 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Clwt-y-bont has more unpaid carers than 66% of UK towns, at 10%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Clwt-y-bont, 29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns, while 18% have no qualification at all (20%). The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
Of the 7 towns nearest Clwt-y-bont, 6 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Clwt-y-bont’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 Clwt-y-bont’s residents
What is the population of Clwt-y-bont?
The 2021 Census counted 1,385 people in Clwt-y-bont’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clwt-y-bont?
The median age was 39 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clwt-y-bont?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 1.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clwt-y-bont?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Clwt-y-bont good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Clwt-y-bont’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Clwt-y-bont?
1,058 residents aged 3 and over, 79%, 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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