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Wrexham: house prices, jobs and local statistics
Wrexham is a principal council area in Wales, home to 135,117 people at the 2021 census. 3.0% 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 £35,246 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is health & social care, with 23.4% of the 59,800 employee jobs counted in 2024.
- The health and education indicators shown for English councils are published for England only.
- House prices are not available for this area at the moment.
Jobs, pay and unemployment in Wrexham
Claimant rate, August 2026
3.0%
2,545 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%
Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026
68.8%
UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026
5.4%
UK: 4.5%
Economically inactive
27.3%
UK: 21.0%
Median full-time pay, 2025
£35,246 a year
UK: £39,039
Median weekly pay, 2025
£694
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 explorerWhat Wrexham does for a living
Employee jobs, 2024
59,800
57,930 in 2019
Businesses, 2026
4,205
| Sector | Share of jobs | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Health & social care | 23.4% | 14.1% |
| Manufacturing | 20.1% | 7.2% |
| Retail, wholesale & motor trade | 11.7% | 13.6% |
| Education | 7.5% | 8.6% |
| Admin & support services | 6.7% | 8.5% |
| Public administration & defence | 6.7% | 4.9% |
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 explorerHow Wrexham has changed
Residents
124,180 in 1991 → 138,245 in 2024 (+11.3%)
Wales over the same years: +10.9%
Average house price
£137,701 in 2005 → £212,778 in 2026 (+54.5%)
Wales over the same years: +75.1%
Median weekly pay
£384 in 2008 → £602 in 2025 (+57.0%)
Wales over the same years: +73.1%
Employment rate
72.5% in 2004 → 80.4% in 2023 (+10.9%)
Wales over the same years: +6.9%
Claimant count
2.1% in 2001 → 2.9% in 2025 (+38.1%)
Wales over the same years: +13.8%
Disposable income per head
£9,774 in 1997 → £20,786 in 2024 (+112.7%)
Wales over the same years: +131.7%
ONS Explore local statistics, each series from its official producer; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Money figures are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.
Every series, charted, in the trends explorerWho lives in Wrexham
Residents, 2021
135,117
People per km², 2021
268
England and Wales: 395
Aged 65 and over
20.2%
England and Wales: 18.4%
Aged under 15
17.2%
England and Wales: 17.3%
Homes owned
62.5%
England and Wales: 61.5%
Homes rented privately
15.8%
England and Wales: 20.3%
Homes socially rented
21.0%
England and Wales: 17.1%
Degree or higher (16+)
29.1%
England and Wales: 33.8%
No qualifications (16+)
20.9%
England and Wales: 18.2%
Good or very good health
79.4%
England and Wales: 82.0%
Born in the UK
92.1%
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 explorerHow Wrexham ranks among UK councils
33 official indicators are published for Wrexham; 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
- Housing affordability · Housing5.5× earnings (April 2025) · 46th lowest of 316
- Home gas use · Environment9,124 kWh (2024/25) · 78th lowest of 347
- Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access204.0 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 82nd highest of 361
- Productivity · Economy & work£41.5 per hour (2023) · 102nd highest of 361
Where it ranks worst
- 4G coverage · Connectivity & access98.8% (January 2026) · 316th highest of 361
- Disposable income per head · Economy & work£20,786 (2024) · 305th highest of 361
- Qualified to A level or above · Education & skills58.4% (2023) · 292nd highest of 348
- High-growth businesses · Economy & work3.4% (2024) · 296th 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 scorecardNearby council areas
About these figures
Wrexham (W06000006) 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.