Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Rachub sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1%)
Against a figure of 32% across Wales’s towns, the share of one-person households in Rachub comes in at 40%. The village counted 893 residents and 410 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 33% locally. More residents with no religion than in 95% of UK towns: 51%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Rachub
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 30–34: 8% of residents. By way of comparison, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns. The median age in Rachub is 41.7, lower than in 71% of UK towns. Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns, Rachub has 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Rachub sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.5%)
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%.
Full-time students: 6.2%, above 86% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 80% of UK towns
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.
Across Wales’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children; in Rachub, 26%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 3.4%.
Households in terraced houses make up 44% in Rachub, more than in 96% of UK towns
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
Households in detached houses make up 20%, against 24% across Wales’s towns. On average, 29% of households live in a terraced house across Wales’s towns. Locally, 15% of households have no car or van.
Rachub sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 96%. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 3.5% of residents were born outside the UK.
74% of Rachub’s residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 74% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (639 people): more than in 97% of Welsh towns. In Gwynedd, Caernarfon has the highest share (82%).
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns, at 41%
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: 95% of Rachub · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 95%, Rachub is ahead of 71% of UK towns on that count. On average, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
Rachub ranks above 98% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 49%
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. Unpaid carers account for 7.6%.
Degree-level qualifications: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of adults in Rachub (Wales’s towns: 31%), and no qualification by 15% (Wales’s towns: 20%). A levels are the highest qualification of 14%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Rachub
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachub | 893 | — | 41.7 | 18% | 26% |
| Bethesda | 3,757 | 0.9 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 29% |
| Tregarth | 1,252 | 1.2 mi | 43.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Bangor | 16,994 | 3.7 mi | 26.4 | 12% | 26% |
| Clwt-y-bont | 1,385 | 4.2 mi | 39 | 17% | 31% |
| Menai Bridge | 3,045 | 5.1 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 20% |
| Beaumaris | 1,120 | 5.2 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 17% |
| Llanfairfechan | 3,547 | 5.6 mi | 49.2 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Rachub’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 Rachub’s residents
What is the population of Rachub?
The 2021 Census counted 893 people in Rachub’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rachub?
The median age was 41.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rachub?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rachub?
51% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Rachub good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Rachub’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Rachub?
639 residents aged 3 and over, 74%, 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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