Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:49 am – 9:47 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:28 am – 4:01 pm
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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°C1,426 mm of rain a year, 42 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November19 days of air frost, 5 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)
Nearby landmarksGypsy Wood Lakelake · 2.2 miLlyn Llwyn Dulake · 2.3 miTwt Hillhill · under a milePen-y-Graigmountain · 4.0 miTraeth Abermenaibeach · 3.0 miTraeth Gwylltwetland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCanolfan Hamdden Arfonsports ground · under a mile · 2 haMaes Chwarae Coffapark · 1.8 miY Morfaplaying field · 1.5 mi · 3 haGlan Faenolpark · 3.7 mi · 127 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes67 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 19 Jul 198415 mi away, Lleyn Penin, Nw WalesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 Aug 202448 mi away, Irish SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 2.2 · PM2.5 4.2 · PM10 6.7 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
Elevation17 m56 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -2 to 63 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalEryri Hospital1.6 miGP surgeryGwynedd Lhb9 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistDannadd Davies Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools5 primary, 1 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryYsgol Y Gelli222 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 stationLlanfairpwllLlanfairpwllgwyngyll5.2 miBus stationCaernarfon Bus Station Stand C1.0 miFerryHolyhead Ferry Terminal19 miBus stops63 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LL55 postcode district.
