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Discover Overton and Maelor SouthWrexham

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People

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2,807
Resident population · 2024
-0.4%
Population change · 2022 to 2024
2.1 percentage points lower than Wales
Wrexham 1.9%Wales 1.7%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Resident population
Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024Overton and Maelor South (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%)
Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2022-2024Overton and Maelor South (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£238,000
Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025
11% higher than Wales
Wrexham £200,000Wales £215,000
17.5%
Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier
15.2 percentage points higher than Wales
Wrexham 5.3%Wales 2.4%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Median sale price
Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025Overton and Maelor South (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
Change in median sale price over a year
Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024Overton and Maelor South (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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29.1%
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above · 2021
Wrexham figure
2.5 percentage points lower than Wales
Wales 31.5%
20.9%
Adults with no qualifications · 2021
Wrexham figure
1 percentage points higher than Wales
Wales 19.9%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Wrexham (Council area)direct, high quality
Adults with no qualifications
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Census 2021 bulk tables via Nomis: TS054 tenure, TS045 cars, TS044 accommodation type, TS017 household size, TS052 occupancy rating (bedrooms), TS037 general health, TS067 highest qualification
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021Wrexham (Council area)direct, high quality
Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Economy

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141
Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026
50.2 per 1,000
Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026
9% lower than Wales
Wrexham 44.2 per 1,000Wales 55.2 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices)
Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Overton and Maelor South (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents
Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Overton and Maelor South (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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30.8 per 1,000
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026
54% lower than Wales
Wrexham 80.7 per 1,000Wales 67.6 per 1,000
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Charities registered here · Oct 2026
More than Wales here 3.9 per 1,000
Wrexham 2.2 per 1,000Wales 2.5 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents
police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk
Street-level crime (12 monthly files)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Year to Apr 2026Overton and Maelor South (Ward)estimated, medium quality
12 months to April 2026. 0.0% of North Wales Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area
Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Oct 2026Overton and Maelor South (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Wrexham 2.2 per 1,000, Wales 2.5 per 1,000, here 3.9 per 1,000.
Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

The future

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How much of the work residents do generally available AI tools could speed up Wrexham figure

  • A small part 60.6%
  • Some 17.1%
  • Much 21.2%
  • Not yet assessed 1.1%

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Homesmedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Change in the typical home sale price over a year

Change in the typical home sale price over a year is 17.5% in Overton and Maelor South (Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024), compared with 2.4% in Wales (15.2 percentage points higher).

17.5% here2.4% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))
Period
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024
Geography
Ward, compared with Wales
Method
Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.
Limitations
  • Covers the 12-month window Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024 only.
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Homesmedium confidence

Decrease between Year to Mar 2025 and Year to Mar 2026: Planning applications decided in the year (Wrexham figure)

Planning applications decided in the year in Wrexham council area went from 536 (Year to Mar 2025) to 394 (Year to Mar 2026): down 26.5%.

Wrexham figure

394 Wrexham figure536 same place, Year to Mar 2025
How do we know this?
Source
Welsh Government: Development management quarterly survey (January to March 2026 and January to March 2025 editions) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
Year to Mar 2026
Geography
Council area, compared with same place, Year to Mar 2025
Method
Planning application decisions. Local planning authorities report to government every quarter how many applications for planning permission (district matters: housing, commercial and other development, excluding minerals and waste) they decided, how many they granted and refused, and how many were decided within the statutory time or an agreed extension. We add the four most recent complete quarters (July 2025 to June 2026) and compare with the four before. Percentage granted is granted divided by all decisions, which includes applications withdrawn only if reported as decided; it is a measure of the mix of applications a council receives, not of how fair or permissive it is, because many applications are refused for good reason or amended before decision. Speed is the share decided in time among decisions not covered by a planning performance agreement, shown separately for major developments (10 or more homes, or sites over 1 hectare) and for minor and other applications. Few major decisions are made each year in most authorities, so major-development figures rest on small numbers. National Park authorities and development corporations are separate planning authorities and are not included in the council totals. Wales (Welsh Government development management survey): major plus minor and householder applications over April 2025 to March 2026, summed from four quarterly returns; other consents, pre-application cases and non-material amendments are excluded. "Decided in time" covers all applications and consents decided within the statutory period or an agreed extension. Denbighshire did not supply data. Scotland (Scottish Government annual planning statistics): all applications decided in the financial year 2024/25 (the 2025/26 annual release is not yet out); the share approved is of all applications decided; "local developments decided within two months" and average weeks are for local developments without a processing agreement. Northern Ireland (Department for Infrastructure): applications received and decided by each council in 2025/26, and the share approved of those decided. Each nation counts and classifies applications differently, so the figures describe each nation's own system and should not be compared across borders.
Limitations
  • Major plus minor and householder applications, four quarters.
  • Covers the 12-month window Year to Mar 2026 only.
  • This figure is for the Wrexham council area, not for Overton and Maelor South itself.
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Communitymedium confidence

Lower than Wrexham: All recorded crime and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

All recorded crime and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents is 43.2 per 1,000 in Overton and Maelor South (Year to Apr 2026), compared with 99.6 per 1,000 in Wrexham (about 43% of the Wrexham rate; n = 2,807).

43.2 per 1,000 here99.6 per 1,000 Wrexham
How do we know this?
Source
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk: Street-level crime (12 monthly files) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
Year to Apr 2026
Geography
Ward, compared with Wrexham
Method
Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents. Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.
Limitations
  • Rates use the resident population, so places with many visitors, workers or a busy centre can show higher rates; crimes are recorded where they occur.
  • This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.
  • 12 months to April 2026. 0.0% of North Wales Police records have no location and are excluded.
  • Twelve months of crime data only, so no year-on-year comparison is possible; crimes are recorded where they occur, not by residence of those involved.
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Economymedium confidence

Higher than Wales: Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months (Wrexham figure)

Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months is 10.3% in Wrexham council area (Year to 3 Nov 2026 vs Year to 3 Nov 2025), compared with -29.9% in Wales (40.2 percentage points higher).

Wrexham figure

10.3% Wrexham figure-29.9% Wales
How do we know this?
Source
Companies House: Dissolved companies: advanced search API (one query per dissolution day since 2010), topped up from the live streaming feed; incorporations from the register snapshot of 2 Oct 2026 (to confirm (Companies House API terms; the register data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0))
Period
Year to 3 Nov 2026 vs Year to 3 Nov 2025
Geography
Council area, compared with Wales
Method
Company dissolutions and net formation. Dissolutions are companies Companies House records as dissolved, counted on the dissolution date and located by the postcode of the registered office held at dissolution. That address is often an accountant, formation agent or liquidator, not where the company traded, so it says where a company was registered, not where a business closed. Every dissolution day since 1 January 2010 was fetched one day at a time and checked: the number of companies stored equals the number the register reports for that day. The latest window is the 365 days ending the latest complete day; the prior window is the 365 days before it; annual figures are complete calendar years. The route to dissolution (strike-off, end of liquidation, merger) is not recorded, so dissolutions are not split. Net formation = companies incorporated in the period (all that were ever registered in it, whether or not they have since been dissolved) minus companies dissolved in the period. The two groups are different companies and are located by different addresses, current for companies still on the register and last held for dissolved ones. Net formation compares registered offices, not jobs, trading or business closures.
Limitations
  • Registered offices are not operating locations; many companies are registered at an agent or accountant address.
  • Registered-office events are not new local employers, closures or job changes.
  • This figure is for the Wrexham council area, not for Overton and Maelor South itself.
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The futurehigh confidence

Residents working in manufacturing

15.8% of employed residents of Wrexham (the council area containing Overton and Maelor South) work in manufacturing, compared with 7.3% in England and Wales (Census 2021, by where residents live, not where the business is). Market exposure for this sector is not yet assessed.

15.8% here7.3% England and Wales
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Geography
Ward, compared with England and Wales
Method
Compared with the same measure for the comparison geography.
Limitations
  • Industry of the main job of residents in March 2021; not the location of businesses.
  • Describes composition only; it says nothing about the future of the sector.
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Economymedium confidence

Increase between 2022 and 2025: Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area (Wrexham figure)

Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area in Wrexham council area went from £620 (2022) to £694 (2025): up 12% (not adjusted for inflation), compared with up 19.0% in Wales.

Wrexham figure

£694 Wrexham figure£620 same place, 2022
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025
Geography
Council area, compared with same place, 2022
Method
Earnings from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. ASHE is a 1% sample of employee jobs from HMRC PAYE records, with a reference week in April. We hold the median gross pay of full-time employees, by place of residence (where the employee lives) and by place of work (where the job is), for the latest survey year and the years back to 2015. Median weekly pay is gross pay before tax for the pay period that includes the reference date; annual pay is gross annual pay for the year to April. Pay is in cash terms: it is not adjusted for inflation, so changes over time include price rises. Survey estimates have a margin of error that grows as areas get smaller; each value carries its coefficient of variation and values with a CV above 10% are marked low quality. Estimates ONS judges too unreliable (CV above about 40%) are not published and appear here as absent. Self-employed people are not covered. Residence-based figures describe people who live in the area wherever they work; workplace-based figures describe jobs located in the area wherever the employee lives. The two can differ a lot in commuter areas and city centres.
Limitations
  • Coefficient of variation 5.1%. Coefficient of variation 4.5%.
  • This figure is for the Wrexham council area, not for Overton and Maelor South itself.
  • Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or for changes in the mix of homes sold.
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