Photo: Ian Russell · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.3%
With households in detached houses at 44%, Waunfawr is ahead of 83% of UK towns on that count. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 928 people lived here, in 382 households. Households with dependent children account for 30%.
Younger than 65% of UK towns: half of Waunfawr is under 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns, against 11% in Waunfawr. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.2% of residents. Lower than in 63% of UK towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Only 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Waunfawr
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%.
A third of Waunfawr’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Wales’s towns. In Waunfawr, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Waunfawr households average 2.5 people, larger than in 85% 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.
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone across Wales’s towns, against 29% in Waunfawr. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.4% in the village.
Waunfawr sits below 78% of UK towns for households without a car or van (11%)
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
In Waunfawr, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house, beside 29% across Wales’s towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
2.6% born outside the UK, fewer than in 95% 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
Across Wales’s towns, 96% of residents have English as their main language; in Waunfawr, 99%. By way of comparison, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%).
Waunfawr: 76% of residents 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, 76% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (680 people): more than in 99% of Welsh towns. In Gwynedd, Caernarfon has the highest share (82%).
Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 75% of UK towns: 46%
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 Waunfawr · Gwynedd’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 47%, close to the figure across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Wales’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%).
Waunfawr sits above 77% of UK towns for adults who have never married (37%)
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
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. The wider picture: 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. 29 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Waunfawr’s adults: 37% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 31% and 20% across Wales’s towns.
Of the 7 towns nearest Waunfawr, 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waunfawr | 928 | — | 42.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Llanrug | 1,537 | 2.5 mi | 41.2 | 22% | 34% |
| Caernarfon | 9,831 | 3.1 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Llanberis | 1,838 | 3.2 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 25% |
| Bethel | 1,091 | 3.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 32% |
| Clwt-y-bont | 1,385 | 3.9 mi | 39 | 17% | 31% |
| Y Felinheli | 2,333 | 4.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 25% |
| Penygroes | 1,793 | 5.2 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Waunfawr’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 Waunfawr’s residents
What is the population of Waunfawr?
The 2021 Census counted 928 people in Waunfawr’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Waunfawr?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Waunfawr?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Gwynedd’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Waunfawr?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Waunfawr good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Waunfawr’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Waunfawr?
680 residents aged 3 and over, 76%, 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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