Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Lyonshall is over 57.8, older than 98% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Lyonshall, 3.4%. Here, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. The village had 466 residents in 174 households at the 2021 Census.
38% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 4.6%, a lower share than 59% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Lyonshall comes in at 9.1%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 85% of UK towns: 23% of households have children
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Lyonshall, 2.3. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. For Lyonshall, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%.
A village of detached houses: 80% of households live in one
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
By its share of households in flats (0.6%), Lyonshall is below 99% of UK towns. On the census count, 5.2% of households live in a terraced house. As a yardstick, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.3% in Lyonshall, less than in 74% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 77% of UK towns.
Lyonshall: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 90% 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: 95% of Lyonshall · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (2.6%), Other White (2.4%) and Indian (0.2%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 87% of UK towns: 33%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 73% of UK towns: 95%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 92% of UK towns: 56%
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
Unpaid carers: 8.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 16 residents.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Lyonshall, 33%, and 23% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Lyonshall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyonshall | 466 | — | 57.8 | 38% | 23% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 2.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 5 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 5.5 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 9.8 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 10.4 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Hay-on-Wye | 2,065 | 10.6 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 18% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 10.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 19% |
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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 Lyonshall’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 Lyonshall’s residents
What is the population of Lyonshall?
The 2021 Census counted 466 people in Lyonshall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lyonshall?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lyonshall?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lyonshall?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Lyonshall good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lyonshall’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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