Denbighshire: local statistics
Denbighshire is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 98,247 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Denbighshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Denbighshire was £660.00 in April 2025 (£32,691 a year). It is the lowest in Wales, and 8.2% less than across Wales. For full-time jobs located in Denbighshire the median is £672.00 a week (+£12.00 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £429.90: a change of +54% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Denbighshire had a life expectancy at birth of 81.2 years; for men it was 77.7, compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. For women that is 0.2 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 less. It is the 19th highest for women of all 22 council areas in Wales.
Police recorded 9,301 crimes in Denbighshire in the year to March 2026, 94.7 for every 1,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 20 in Wales. A year earlier it was 96.8. In the year to March 2016 it was 62.2 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In mid-2025 the population of Denbighshire was estimated at 98,247, up 0.4% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +3.8% (Wales: +3.3%), the 6th fastest growth of all 22 council areas in Wales. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The claimant count for Denbighshire stood at 2,020 in August 2026, or 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.4% in Wales. Twelve months before, it was 3.4%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.4% (June 2026) and 5.1% (August 2021).
A typical home in Denbighshire cost £201,452 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 3.6% in twelve months. That is the 15th highest of all 22 council areas in Wales; the average for Wales was £215,037. This July figure is the highest in the series, 47% up on July 2016. The average price is 6.2 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Denbighshire. That ratio is the 9th highest ratio of all 22 council areas in Wales.
The ONS counted 4,460 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Denbighshire in March 2026, 1% more than in 2016. That is 45 for every 1,000 residents, the 9th highest of 22 in Wales.
A Band D home in Denbighshire pays an average of £2,339.03 in council tax in 2026-27, 5.5% more than in 2025-26. It is mid-table in Wales, 12th of 22.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 74.0% of Denbighshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.4 points either way; the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Its lowest reading in the series was 68.9% and its highest 76.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 94,691 |
| 2016 | 94,723 |
| 2017 | 94,597 |
| 2018 | 94,596 |
| 2019 | 94,766 |
| 2020 | 95,558 |
| 2021 | 96,047 |
| 2022 | 96,531 |
| 2023 | 97,235 |
| 2024 | 97,868 |
| 2025 | 98,247 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £137,472 |
| July 2017 | £136,473 |
| July 2018 | £144,566 |
| July 2019 | £147,318 |
| July 2020 | £147,702 |
| July 2021 | £170,283 |
| July 2022 | £190,390 |
| July 2023 | £187,869 |
| July 2024 | £189,993 |
| July 2025 | £194,390 |
| July 2026 | £201,452 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £429.90 a week |
| 2016 | £471.70 a week |
| 2017 | £469.70 a week |
| 2018 | £489.50 a week |
| 2019 | £479.80 a week |
| 2020 | £524.30 a week |
| 2021 | £518.90 a week |
| 2022 | £540.90 a week |
| 2023 | £587.30 a week |
| 2024 | £599.80 a week |
| 2025 | £660.00 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 62.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 69.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 84.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 107.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 111.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 90.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 123.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 114.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 99.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 96.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 94.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 72.2% |
| 2016/17 | 70.8% |
| 2017/18 | 71.6% |
| 2018/19 | 74.7% |
| 2019/20 | 73.1% |
| 2020/21 | 69.5% |
| 2021/22 | 68.9% |
| 2022/23 | 72.8% |
| 2023/24 | 71.0% |
| 2024/25 | 76.4% |
| 2025/26 | 74.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.1 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,400 |
| 2017 | 4,470 |
| 2018 | 4,430 |
| 2019 | 4,400 |
| 2020 | 4,690 |
| 2021 | 4,615 |
| 2022 | 4,450 |
| 2023 | 4,430 |
| 2024 | 4,350 |
| 2025 | 4,355 |
| 2026 | 4,460 |
Questions about Denbighshire
What is the average salary in Denbighshire?
£660.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Denbighshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.7 years for men and 81.2 for women.
What is the crime rate in Denbighshire?
Home Office figures show 9,301 offences in the year to March 2026, or 94.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Denbighshire?
98,247 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Denbighshire?
The ONS claimant count was 2,020 in August 2026, 3.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Denbighshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £201,452.
How much is Band D council tax in Denbighshire?
The Welsh Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,339.03 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Denbighshire
Every body that makes decisions for Denbighshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Denbighshire council this page
- Denbighshire in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Senedd and Welsh Government makes law for Wales on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Bangor Aberconwy: Claire Hughes (Labour) MP
- Clwyd East: Becky Gittins (Labour) MP
- Clwyd North: Gill German (Labour) MP
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Figures for Wales
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in Wales: Ceredigion · Conwy · Gwynedd · Monmouthshire · Pembrokeshire · Torfaen
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