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A village of 736 in Gwynedd, Wales.
There are no grades for Tremadog: with fewer than 1,000 residents, they wouldn’t be fair. The figures on this page are still real. Pre-1919 homes make up 57% of the housing. The median home sold for £165,000.
The 3 things Tremadog does most differently from other towns.
Cadw lists them inside Tremadog’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tremadog.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For 48% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Nearly three quarters of commuters drove, below both Gwynedd’s towns (79%) and Wales’s towns (81%). There are 1.7 jobs in Tremadog for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
It is listed below. 109 pupils attend Tremadog’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ysgol Y GorlanLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 109 | – |
Private renters make up one in ten households. 58% of households own their home, below both Gwynedd’s towns (63%) and Wales’s towns (65%). That is the middle of 25 standard sales inside Tremadog’s built-up area over three years, against £277,000 in the typical UK town.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £350,000 | 5 |
| Semi-detached | £190,000 | 5 |
| Terraced | £137,500 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences were nearly two thirds of the crimes. Homes saw 12.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above both Gwynedd’s towns (8.7) and Wales’s towns (10.7). A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 66 offences in Tremadog and 23 cases of nuisance behaviour.
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.
5.3% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, near Gwynedd’s towns (5.5%) and lower than Wales’s towns (7.1%). The nearest A&E to Tremadog is Ysbyty Gwynedd, 18.6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town.
| Census 2021 | Tremadog | Gwynedd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.3% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 20% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Cadw’s list names 84 listed buildings in Tremadog: 1 Grade I, 6 Grade II*. The town’s listed buildings include Capel Peniel, Grade I. Conservation areas cover a quarter of the town’s land, above both Gwynedd’s towns (4%) and Wales’s towns (0%).
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Among adults, 28% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above Gwynedd’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (21%) alike. The middle age in Tremadog is 48.1.
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Tremadog | Gwynedd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 32% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwynedd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Tremadog. Best known first.
Heritage railwayWelsh Highland Heritage Railway1 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumPorthmadog Maritime Museum1.5 km outside town, to the southeastCastleCastleBrynkir Tower4.1 km outside town, to the northwestWildlife parkWildlife parkBywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife2.7 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumHeritage Centre900 m outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 notable people were born in Tremadog.
T. E. Lawrence: Harris & Ewing, Public domain · Mason Ryan: Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0 · Robert Armstrong-Jones: Unknown (Lafayette Ltd), Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tremadog | 736 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Porthmadog | 2,579 | 0.9 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 1,463 | 3.1 | — | A− | C | C+ |
| Criccieth | 1,737 | 4.1 | — | C | B | C+ |
| Harlech | 1,261 | 5.4 | — | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Blaenau Ffestiniog | 3,449 | 9.3 | C | A | D | C− |
| Penygroes | 1,793 | 9.9 | — | A− | D | C |
| Pwllheli | 3,622 | 12 | C | B+ | D | C |
Penrhyndeudraeth, Criccieth, Harlech and Penygroes have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
84 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade I and 6 Grade II*. That is 46.8 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Capel Peniel. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
By type: terraced houses £137,500, semi-detached houses £190,000 and detached houses £350,000. Private rents in the Gwynedd council area averaged £724 a month in August 2026.
At the 2021 Census, 9.3% of Tremadog’s 736 residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over, against 12% and 21% across Wales’s towns.
Village in Gwynedd, Wales
Tremadog is a built-up area of 736 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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