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Minera

Ward

North west Wrexham. About 2,278 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Minera live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,294
Joint 470th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
56.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Minera compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

MineraMiddle
Population49 wards, Wrexham · 2021
Population: every ward in Wrexham49 areas from 1,727 to 5,455. The middle area is 2,507. Minera is 2,294.
2,29418th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares49 wards, Wrexham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wrexham49 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Minera is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage49 wards, Wrexham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wrexham49 areas from 33.4% to 99.8%. The middle area is 91.7%. Minera is 56.7%.
56.7%3rd lowest
Claimant rate49 wards, Wrexham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wrexham49 areas from 0.8% to 8.9%. The middle area is 2.9%. Minera is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 8th lowest

Is Minera safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Minera at a rate of 65.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 101.0 per 1,000 people across Wrexham.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 21 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Minera.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (51), anti-social behaviour (43) and criminal damage and arson (25).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Wrexham

These figures are published for the whole of Wrexham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wrexham and not Minera alone. See Wrexham

Average house price
£212,778
Up 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,246
72nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
Joint 93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
137,977
No change in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Minera in brief

Minera had 2,294 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Minera live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Minera, 56.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Minera, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.