Flintshire: local statistics
Flintshire is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 155,954 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 Flintshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Flintshire was £770.50 in April 2025, or £37,505 over a year. It is the 3rd highest of the 22 council areas in Wales, and 7.1% more than across Wales. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £740.00, £30.50 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £527.10, so it has risen 46% before inflation.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 77.5% of Flintshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.7 points either way; the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 72.0% to 81.1%.
The police recorded 63.4 crimes per 1,000 residents in Flintshire in the year to March 2026 (9,893 offences in all), 16th of 20 in Wales, counting from the highest rate. That compares with 62.5 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 83.8, in the year to March 2022. Fraud is not included.
Homes in Flintshire sold for an average of £215,892 in July 2026, up 2.3% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 9th highest of 22 in Wales (average for Wales: £215,037). Prices are 42% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Flintshire (£37,505) gives a ratio of 5.8. That ratio is mid-table in Wales, 12th of 22.
3.0% of Flintshire residents aged 16 to 64 (2,885 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. Twelve months before, it was 2.9%. The five-year high was 4.1% (August 2021); the low was 2.7% (January 2026).
The ONS estimates that 155,954 people lived in Flintshire in mid-2025, a change of +0.0% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 1.5%; Wales grew by 3.3% over the same years, 14th of 22 in Wales, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
A Band D home in Flintshire pays an average of £2,376.17 in council tax in 2026-27, up £129.70 on 2025-26. It is the 9th highest of 22 in Wales.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Flintshire had a life expectancy at birth of 82.4 years; for men it was 78.8, compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.1 years for women and +0.0 for men. It is 9th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest for women.
In March 2026, 6,180 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Flintshire, 3% more than in 2016. There are 40 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in Wales, 11th of 22.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 153,688 |
| 2016 | 154,166 |
| 2017 | 154,587 |
| 2018 | 154,587 |
| 2019 | 154,592 |
| 2020 | 155,004 |
| 2021 | 155,045 |
| 2022 | 155,421 |
| 2023 | 155,668 |
| 2024 | 155,898 |
| 2025 | 155,954 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £152,461 |
| July 2017 | £152,946 |
| July 2018 | £160,605 |
| July 2019 | £165,768 |
| July 2020 | £161,757 |
| July 2021 | £179,962 |
| July 2022 | £199,722 |
| July 2023 | £203,350 |
| July 2024 | £207,525 |
| July 2025 | £211,032 |
| July 2026 | £215,892 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £527.10 a week |
| 2016 | £547.60 a week |
| 2017 | £513.10 a week |
| 2018 | £503.20 a week |
| 2019 | £524.60 a week |
| 2020 | £554.70 a week |
| 2021 | £576.90 a week |
| 2022 | £602.70 a week |
| 2023 | £646.80 a week |
| 2024 | £716.80 a week |
| 2025 | £770.50 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 47.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 52.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 62.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 73.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 73.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 73.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 83.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 78.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 68.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 62.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 63.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.1% |
| 2016/17 | 72.0% |
| 2017/18 | 77.0% |
| 2018/19 | 77.0% |
| 2019/20 | 79.9% |
| 2020/21 | 77.8% |
| 2021/22 | 81.1% |
| 2022/23 | 76.4% |
| 2023/24 | 78.7% |
| 2024/25 | 80.3% |
| 2025/26 | 77.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,005 |
| 2017 | 6,115 |
| 2018 | 6,110 |
| 2019 | 6,320 |
| 2020 | 6,385 |
| 2021 | 6,550 |
| 2022 | 6,455 |
| 2023 | 6,430 |
| 2024 | 6,230 |
| 2025 | 6,135 |
| 2026 | 6,180 |
Questions about Flintshire
What is the average salary in Flintshire?
£770.50 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Flintshire?
63.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average house price in Flintshire?
£215,892 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.3% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Flintshire?
The ONS claimant count was 2,885 in August 2026, 3.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Flintshire?
155,954 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Flintshire?
£2,376.17 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Welsh Government).
What is life expectancy in Flintshire?
82.4 years for women and 78.8 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Flintshire
Every body that makes decisions for Flintshire, 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
- Flintshire council this page
- Flintshire 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
- Alyn and Deeside: Sir Mark Tami (Labour) MP
- Clwyd East: Becky Gittins (Labour) 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 · UK employment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in Wales: Bridgend · Caerphilly · Neath Port Talbot · Newport · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham
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