Electoral wardW05001356Rhuthun
Ruthin ward, Denbighshire
Ruthin is one of 29 electoral wards of Denbighshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 5,699 residents in 2,628 households — 697 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clwyd East constituency.
Residents, 20215,699council ward average 3,304
Households2,6282.17 residents per household
Density697/ km²about 8.18 km² · Denbighshire 114
Aged 65+24.8%Denbighshire: 24.8% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 300
5–95.2% · 298
10–157.1% · 405
16–195.5% · 316
20–244.6% · 265
25–3410.5% · 600
35–4916.7% · 953
50–6420.2% · 1,149
65–7412.6% · 718
75–848.2% · 467
85+4.0% · 230
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.9% · 417
1 car or van45.7% · 1,199
2 cars or vans29.4% · 771
3 or more9.1% · 239
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Denbighshire overall: 65.9% owned, 13.3% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 1,073
With mortgage24.8% · 653
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented15.5% · 408
Private rented18.6% · 488
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house39.8% · 1,046
Semi-detached house28.1% · 738
Terraced house18.4% · 483
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 259
Converted house1.4% · 36
Other conversion1.0% · 27
Above shop / office1.5% · 40
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001356- Council
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Rhuthun
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 29
Communities in the ward
Ruthin
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlyn Valley28.2% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned1,684DDyserth23.9% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned2,329LLlandyrnog22.5% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned2,239LLlanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern25.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned2,308LLlangollen29.0% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned4,026MMoel Famau29.2% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned2,209PPrestatyn Central26.9% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned3,492PPrestatyn East27.1% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned3,919PPrestatyn Meliden24.1% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned2,002PPrestatyn North31.1% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned5,862PPrestatyn South West27.7% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned3,805TTremeirchion26.4% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned1,655
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.