Electoral wardW05001559
Pen-y-groes ward, Gwynedd
Pen-y-groes is one of 65 electoral wards of Gwynedd (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 1,793 residents in 801 households — 246 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency.
Residents, 20211,793council ward average 1,806
Households8012.24 residents per household
Density246/ km²about 7.30 km² · Gwynedd 46
Aged 65+23.6%Gwynedd: 23.2% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 88
5–96.4% · 115
10–157.4% · 133
16–194.1% · 74
20–245.1% · 92
25–3411.0% · 197
35–4918.2% · 325
50–6419.1% · 342
65–7411.9% · 212
75–848.4% · 150
85+3.3% · 59
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 147
1 car or van44.3% · 354
2 cars or vans26.0% · 208
3 or more11.3% · 90
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gwynedd overall: 65.4% owned, 16.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright39.4% · 316
With mortgage22.4% · 180
Shared ownership0.7% · 6
Social rented21.4% · 172
Private rented15.8% · 127
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house22.4% · 179
Semi-detached house21.7% · 173
Terraced house49.7% · 397
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 30
Converted house1.0% · 8
Other conversion0.5% · 4
Above shop / office1.0% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001559- Council
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Nation
- Wales
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 65
Communities in the ward
Llanllyfni
Other wards in the same constituency
AAberdyfi35.6% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned1,015AAbererch27.6% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned1,270AAbermaw25.9% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned2,146AAbersoch gyda Llanengan31.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned1,128AArthog a Llangelynnin37.3% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned1,616BBethel a'r Felinheli21.5% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned3,645BBowydd a'r Rhiw18.0% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned1,778BBrithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/Llanelltyd32.6% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned1,382BBro Dysynni30.4% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned1,192CCadnant20.4% aged 65+ · 51.4% owned1,657CCanol Tref Caernarfon23.3% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned1,822CClynnog24.2% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned1,300CCorris a Mawddwy26.0% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned1,254CCriccieth37.5% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned1,737
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.