Information about Wrexham

Population
135,122
Avg Annual Income
£41,767
Full Time Employees
28.79%
Average Age
42.65
Wrexham Demographics
(from Census 2021)

The population of Wrexham is 135,122 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in Wrexham is 68,241, and the female population is 66,876. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.

Ethnicity & Religion

According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 122,547, followed by White: Other White, with a total of 6,520. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (66,880), followed by No religion (56,477), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer

Deprivation

As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (27,134), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (19,578). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.

Economic Status

Most people in the Wrexham area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (38,905), while 26,254 adults mentioned they are Retired.

Education

Regarding education, 32,037 adults have Level 3 education, while 16,995 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the Wrexham area are

  • Professional occupations (9723)
  • Skilled trades occupations (7534), and
  • Elementary occupations (7293)

Age

The average age of people living in Wrexham is 43 years old. The top three age distributions are: Below 14 (23254), Between 45 to 54 (18862), and Between 55 to 64 (17886). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.

NS-SEC

The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in Wrexham has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (20,223) followed by Routine occupations (18,288), and Semi-routine occupations (14,947). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)

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Population of Wrexham over the years

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Postcodes in Wrexham

The postcode district SY, LL are associated with the Wrexham, and there are total 8 postcode areas (listed below). The Wrexham has a total of 4300 postcodes overall.

ONS Administrative Info
NameType
AreaWrexham
Ward

Acrefair North

Acton and Maesydre

Bangor Is-y-Coed

Borras Park

Bronington and Hanmer

Brymbo

Bryn Cefn

Brynyffynnon

Cartrefle

Cefn East

Cefn West

Chirk North

Chirk South

Coedpoeth

Dyffryn Ceiriog

Erddig

Esclusham

Garden Village

Gresford East and West

Grosvenor

Gwenfro

Gwersyllt East

Gwersyllt North

Gwersyllt South

Gwersyllt West

Hermitage

Holt

Little Acton

Llangollen Rural

Llay

Marchwiel

Marford and Hoseley

Minera

New Broughton

Offa

Overton and Maelor South

Pant and Johnstown

Penycae

Penycae and Ruabon South

Ponciau

Queensway

Rhos

Rhosnesni

Rossett

Ruabon

Smithfield

Stansty

Whitegate

Wynnstay

LTLA22
UTLA22Wrexham
RegionWales
CountryWales