County of Flintshire · Wales
Mostyn population
1,606people · latest estimate
Mostyn has a population of 1,606, making it the 14th largest place in County of Flintshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,726, a fall of 7.0% since.
The other populations of Mostyn
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Mostyn has between 890 and 1,606 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,606 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
890 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,726 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Mostyn in context
5 km
south-east to Greenfield, the nearest larger town
45,844
people live within 10 km
#3,278
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Mostyn sits in postcode district CH8.