Wales

Gwynedd: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Gwynedd is a principal council area in Wales, home to 117,393 people at the 2021 census. The average house price was £204,974 in July 2026, up 5.5% on a year earlier and up 15.5% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 281st highest average price of 360 council areas. 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £32,868 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is health & social care, with 19.8% of the 55,500 employee jobs counted in 2024.

Gwynedd house prices

Average price, July 2026

£204,974

Wales: £215,037

Change over 1 year

+5.5%

Wales: +2.6%

Change over 5 years

+15.5%

Since July 2021

Detached
£317,238
Semi-detached
£210,879
Terraced
£161,877
Flat or maisonette
£115,339
First-time buyers
£177,509

UK House Price Index, July 2026: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.

Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorer

Jobs, pay and unemployment in Gwynedd

Claimant rate, August 2026

2.9%

2,110 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%

Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

77.3%

UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey

Economically inactive

19.5%

UK: 21.0%

Median full-time pay, 2025

£32,868 a year

UK: £39,039

Median weekly pay, 2025

£669

UK: £767

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

Claimant count, Annual Population Survey and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (resident analysis), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorer

What Gwynedd does for a living

Employee jobs, 2024

55,500

52,625 in 2019

Businesses, 2026

5,525

Largest sectors by share of employee jobs, 2024
SectorShare of jobsGreat Britain
Health & social care19.8%14.1%
Retail, wholesale & motor trade12.6%13.6%
Hotels, pubs & restaurants12.6%7.8%
Education12.6%8.6%
Public administration & defence8.1%4.9%
Manufacturing5.4%7.2%

Business Register and Employment Survey 2024 (Great Britain only). UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Every sector and business size in the industries explorer

Who lives in Gwynedd

Residents, 2021

117,393

People per km², 2021

46

England and Wales: 395

Aged 65 and over

23.1%

England and Wales: 18.4%

Aged under 15

15.5%

England and Wales: 17.3%

Homes owned

65.4%

England and Wales: 61.5%

Homes rented privately

17.3%

England and Wales: 20.3%

Homes socially rented

16.7%

England and Wales: 17.1%

Degree or higher (16+)

34.5%

England and Wales: 33.8%

No qualifications (16+)

16.3%

England and Wales: 18.2%

Good or very good health

81.5%

England and Wales: 82.0%

Born in the UK

94.6%

England and Wales: 83.2%

Census 2021 topic summaries (TS001, TS006, TS007A, TS054, TS067, TS037, TS004), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Any neighbourhood's census profile in the census explorer

How Gwynedd ranks among UK councils

33 official indicators are published for Gwynedd; 26 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

Where it ranks worst

  • Median weekly pay · Economy & work£542 (April 2025) · 352nd highest of 359
  • Business births · Economy & work7.4% (2024) · 354th highest of 361
  • 4G coverage · Connectivity & access94.5% (January 2026) · 354th highest of 361
  • Productivity · Economy & work£29.3 per hour (2023) · 349th highest of 361

ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.

All 33 indicators in the area scorecard

Nearby council areas

Other council areas in Wales

About these figures

Gwynedd (W06000002) is a principal council area in Wales, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.

Sources

  • HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
  • Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
  • ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
  • Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.