Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Pembridge is over 55.5
The share of households in detached houses is 52%, against 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Pembridge’s population at 511, in 257 households. In Pembridge, just over three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 5.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Pembridge. Across the comparison, 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 88% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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 or semi-routine work; Pembridge has 38% and 19%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. For Pembridge, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.3%.
In Pembridge, 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
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.
Households in Pembridge hold 2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). On the census count, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%.
Below 92% of UK towns: 3.2% of households live in a flat or apartment
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, nearly one in ten households have no car or van in Pembridge. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 15%. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Pembridge sits below 62% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (97%)
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.1%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 6.6% in Pembridge.
Residents with no religion: 33%, a lower share than 86% 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: 94% of Pembridge · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, above 65% of UK towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%.
In Pembridge, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 84% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Pembridge has 49%. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.7% here, fewer than in two thirds of UK towns.
38% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 38% of its adults qualified to degree level, Pembridge compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Pembridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembridge | 511 | — | 55.5 | 37% | 21% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 4.3 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 5.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 5.9 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 6.3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 9.9 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 10.8 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 Pembridge’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 Pembridge’s residents
What is the population of Pembridge?
The 2021 Census counted 511 people in Pembridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pembridge?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pembridge?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pembridge?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Pembridge good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pembridge’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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