Borrowing estimates for Wrexham, built from published survey rates and population figures.
92,600
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 92,600 adults in Wrexham held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 84% of adults in Wales held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
67,200
Credit card holders
An estimated 67,200 adults in Wrexham held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 61% of adults in Wales held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
26,500
Overdraft users
An estimated 26,500 adults in Wrexham were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 24% of adults in Wales were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
28,700
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 28,700 adults in Wrexham had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 26% of adults in Wales had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
25,400
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 25,400 adults in Wrexham used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in Wales used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
8,050
High-cost credit users
An estimated 8,050 adults in Wrexham held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 7.3% of adults in Wales held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
27,600
Low financial resilience
An estimated 27,600 adults in Wrexham had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 25% of adults in Wales had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
9,920
In financial difficulty
An estimated 9,920 adults in Wrexham were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in Wales were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,233 adults aged 18 and over in Wrexham (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
113,944
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Wrexham was 113,944 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.