Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Colwall Stone is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.3
Adults who have never married: 24%, below 95% of UK towns. Households in detached houses: 54% of the total. At 55%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 78% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,857 residents in 858 households.
What the Census says about Colwall Stone’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Colwall Stone’s residents are under 57.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 37% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
216 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Fewer full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.4%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.7% here and 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Colwall Stone ranks below 97% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 18%
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 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across Colwall Stone, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 89% of UK towns: 10%
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
Households in flats make up 8%, against 23% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. In Colwall Stone, one in ten households have no car or van.
Above 61% of UK towns: 7.5% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: just over a fifth of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%).
36% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 80% 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: 93% of Colwall Stone · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.7%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Colwall Stone has 93%.
Unpaid carers make up 12% in Colwall Stone, more than in 97% 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
Married people and civil partners make up 56% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 52%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
52% of Colwall Stone’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
The towns around Colwall Stone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colwall Stone | 1,857 | — | 57.3 | 37% | 18% |
| Malvern Wells | 1,757 | 1.2 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 20% |
| Welland | 1,309 | 3.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 32% |
| Great Malvern | 33,194 | 3.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 22% |
| Ledbury | 8,344 | 4.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 20% |
| Upton upon Severn | 2,403 | 6.1 mi | 54.1 | 31% | 16% |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 6.8 mi | 45 | 22% | 32% |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 7.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Colwall Stone’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 Colwall Stone’s residents
What is the population of Colwall Stone?
The 2021 Census counted 1,857 people in Colwall Stone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Colwall Stone?
The median age was 57.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Colwall Stone?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Colwall Stone?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 8.4% didn’t answer.
Is Colwall Stone good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Colwall Stone’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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