Church of St George · Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Orleton is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.2
Here just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. In Orleton, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. On households with dependent children, Orleton sits lower than 91% of UK towns: 21%. At the 2021 Census Orleton was home to 631 people in 281 households.
Above 97% of UK towns: 35% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4%, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 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 94 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.
Orleton sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.4%)
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%.
In Orleton, 4.1% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. 24% of households are one person living alone. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Orleton ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 2.1%
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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Orleton comes in at 54%. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%. Locally, 6.8% of households live in a terraced house. 9.3% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 86% of UK towns.
In Orleton, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.3% in Orleton and 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the rest of Europe (0.5%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 95% of UK towns: 60%
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 Orleton · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Orleton has 34%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
14 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On unpaid carers, Orleton sits higher than nearly three fifths of UK towns: 9.7%. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 37% of adults in Orleton, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Orleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleton | 631 | — | 56.2 | 35% | 21% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 5.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 5.2 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 6.4 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 10.4 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 11.1 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 11.3 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
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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 Orleton’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 Orleton’s residents
What is the population of Orleton?
The 2021 Census counted 631 people in Orleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Orleton?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Orleton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Orleton?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Orleton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Orleton’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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