Isle of Anglesey: local statistics
Isle of Anglesey is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 68,607 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 Isle of Anglesey, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The police recorded 56.9 crimes per 1,000 residents in Isle of Anglesey in the year to March 2026 (3,907 offences in all), the 3rd lowest rate of all 20 council areas in Wales. That compares with 54.7 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 42.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
68,607 people lived in Isle of Anglesey in mid-2025, according to the ONS, down 0.4% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has fallen by 1.2%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole. That is the 19th fastest growth of all 22 council areas in Wales. The series peaked at 69,415 in mid-2015.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Isle of Anglesey at £231,943 for July 2026, a fall of 0.3% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 6th highest of 22 in Wales (average for Wales: £215,037). The July peak was £235,058 in 2022, and prices are 54% above July 2016. The average price is 6.5 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Isle of Anglesey. That ratio is the 6th highest ratio of all 22 council areas in Wales.
3,285 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Isle of Anglesey in March 2026, 7% more than in 2016. That is 48 for every 1,000 residents, 7th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest.
Full-time employees living in Isle of Anglesey earned a median £692.70 a week in April 2025, or £35,709 over a year. It is 17th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest, and 3.7% less than across Wales. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £704.40, £11.70 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £481.90: a change of +44% before inflation.
The claimant count for Isle of Anglesey stood at 1,360 in August 2026, or 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. Twelve months before, it was 3.4%. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.8% in August 2021 and was lowest at 3.1% in September 2022.
A girl born in Isle of Anglesey in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 82.7 years and a boy 78.7 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.1 years for women and +0.2 for men. It is the 7th highest for women of all 22 council areas in Wales.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Isle of Anglesey is £2,260.73, 5.4% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 15th highest of 22 in Wales.
An estimated 73.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Isle of Anglesey were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 4.2 points either way, against 72.1% across Wales. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.6% and its highest 77.7%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 69,415 |
| 2016 | 68,826 |
| 2017 | 68,617 |
| 2018 | 68,539 |
| 2019 | 68,278 |
| 2020 | 68,794 |
| 2021 | 68,937 |
| 2022 | 69,034 |
| 2023 | 69,127 |
| 2024 | 68,873 |
| 2025 | 68,607 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £151,046 |
| July 2017 | £156,912 |
| July 2018 | £164,115 |
| July 2019 | £171,546 |
| July 2020 | £176,133 |
| July 2021 | £203,081 |
| July 2022 | £235,058 |
| July 2023 | £220,775 |
| July 2024 | £218,074 |
| July 2025 | £232,736 |
| July 2026 | £231,943 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £481.90 a week |
| 2016 | £472.60 a week |
| 2017 | £496.10 a week |
| 2018 | £490.60 a week |
| 2019 | £535.90 a week |
| 2020 | £534.80 a week |
| 2021 | £586.70 a week |
| 2022 | £587.90 a week |
| 2023 | £686.20 a week |
| 2024 | £702.70 a week |
| 2025 | £692.70 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 42.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 44.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 57.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 68.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 69.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 63.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 78.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 69.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 56.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 54.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 56.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.0% |
| 2016/17 | 71.1% |
| 2017/18 | 75.4% |
| 2018/19 | 76.5% |
| 2019/20 | 75.6% |
| 2020/21 | 75.4% |
| 2021/22 | 70.6% |
| 2022/23 | 76.6% |
| 2023/24 | 74.6% |
| 2024/25 | 77.7% |
| 2025/26 | 73.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.4 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,070 |
| 2017 | 3,035 |
| 2018 | 3,020 |
| 2019 | 3,120 |
| 2020 | 3,125 |
| 2021 | 3,155 |
| 2022 | 3,200 |
| 2023 | 3,260 |
| 2024 | 3,255 |
| 2025 | 3,280 |
| 2026 | 3,285 |
Questions about Isle of Anglesey
What is the crime rate in Isle of Anglesey?
56.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Isle of Anglesey?
The ONS estimates 68,607 people lived in Isle of Anglesey in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Isle of Anglesey?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £231,943.
What is the average salary in Isle of Anglesey?
£692.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Isle of Anglesey?
The ONS claimant count was 1,360 in August 2026, 3.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Isle of Anglesey?
82.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Isle of Anglesey?
£2,260.73 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Welsh Government).
Who has power over Isle of Anglesey
Every body that makes decisions for Isle of Anglesey, 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
- Isle of Anglesey council this page
- Isle of Anglesey 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
- Ynys Môn: Llinos Medi (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: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK population · UK average house price
- Other council areas in Wales: Blaenau Gwent · Ceredigion · Denbighshire · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Torfaen
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