Photo: UKgeofan · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 66.3: Burghill is older than 99% of UK towns
Two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). Meanwhile, households without a car or van are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 168 people lived in Burghill, in 93 households. The share of households with dependent children stands at 12%.
54% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
5.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 3.1%, a lower share than 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Burghill, 48% and 13%. Locally, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Burghill sits above 99% of UK towns for one-person households (43%)
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 1.8 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.1% of the total.
87% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Above 79% of UK towns: 12% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.1%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 60% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Burghill ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 26%
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: 91% of Burghill · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.7%), African (2.4%) and Chinese (0.6%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 91%, against 73% across England’s towns.
Burghill sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (14%)
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
Married adults and civil partners: 65% here and 44% across England’s towns. 7.8% of residents give unpaid care. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 46%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Burghill’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 46% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Burghill has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghill | 168 | — | 66.3 | 54% | 12% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 1.9 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 3.3 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 4.6 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 5.5 mi | 43.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Kingstone | 1,500 | 6.1 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 33% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 6.3 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 9.1 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Burghill’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 Burghill’s residents
What is the population of Burghill?
The 2021 Census counted 168 people in Burghill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burghill?
The median age was 66.3 at the 2021 Census. 5.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 54% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burghill?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burghill?
26% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Burghill good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burghill’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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