Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:50 am – 9:47 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:28 am – 4:01 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People8,515 residentsin the Caernarfon East census areaMedian age 39.43,677 households58% of homes owner-occupied34% owned outright29% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.5% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 3,691 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: health and social work 18%, public administration and defence 13%, education 12%Getting to work: 19% work from home, 60% go by car, 3% take public transport, 17% walk or cycle58% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher21% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 3°C1,144 mm of rain a year, 36 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November16 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesCwrs Golff Caernarfongolf course · under a mile · 36 haY Morfaplaying field · under a mile · 3 haCanolfan Hamdden Arfonsports ground · under a mile · 2 haMaes Chwarae Coffapark · 2.7 miGlynllifon Country Parkpark · 4.5 mi · 25 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes66 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 19 Jul 198414 mi away, Lleyn Penin, Nw WalesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 Aug 202449 mi away, Irish SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 3.1 · PM2.5 4.2 · PM10 7.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,886 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation12 m39 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -2 to 59 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBrynseiont Hospitalunder a mileGP surgerySms Gwynedd9 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyRowlands Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDannadd Davies Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools5 primary, 1 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryYsgol Santes Helen40 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryYsgol Syr Hugh Owen873 pupilsunder a milePrimaryYsgol Gynradd Maesincla266 pupilsunder a mileSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL60 miRailway stationLlanfairpwllLlanfairpwllgwyngyll6.2 miBus stationCaernarfon Bus Station Stand Aunder a mileFerryHolyhead Ferry Terminal19 miBus stops83 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LL55 postcode district.
