Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Brimfield is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.9
6.7% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 98%, more than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 737 people lived in Brimfield, in 328 households. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Brimfield, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Brimfield is above 92% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Brimfield, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for a third of Brimfield’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 20%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. In Brimfield, 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer family households than 96% of UK towns: 19% in Brimfield
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The wider picture: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. For Brimfield, the census puts one-person households at 26%. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 62% of UK towns: 2.1%.
66% of households live in a detached house, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 7.9% of households live in a terraced house in Brimfield. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment here.
2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.5%) and in the rest of Europe (0.5%). At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 70% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
Brimfield: 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 95% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 98% of Brimfield · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 87% of UK towns: 33%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 60%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
With adults who have never married at 23%, Brimfield is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 24 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
34% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Brimfield compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Brimfield are all younger
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimfield | 737 | — | 53.9 | 30% | 19% |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 4.3 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 4.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 5.9 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | 10.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 11 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Bromyard | 3,816 | 11.2 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Brimfield’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Brimfield’s residents
What is the population of Brimfield?
The 2021 Census counted 737 people in Brimfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brimfield?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brimfield?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brimfield?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brimfield good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brimfield’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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