Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Weobley is over 56.2
Households with dependent children: 20% here and 29% across England’s towns. At 26%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 89% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,273 residents in 613 households. Across Weobley, 5.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Weobley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Weobley’s residents are under 56.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
36% of Weobley is 65 or over, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Weobley has 7.4%. Set beside 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 88 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.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Weobley
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 76% of UK towns: 10%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 89% 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.6% in Weobley and 4.3% across England’s towns. Households average 2.1 people. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 77% of UK towns, at 41%
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
In Weobley, 22% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Add to that, 5.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 81% of UK towns; 41% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 14%.
98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 58% 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Weobley comes in at 6%. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 57% in Weobley, more than in 87% 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 Weobley · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. In Weobley, 36% of residents said they have no religion. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 86% of UK towns: 11% of residents
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 41. Set beside that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Weobley, 49%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
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 Weobley, 33%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Weobley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weobley | 1,273 | — | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 5.7 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 7.1 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 7.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 9 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Kingstone | 1,500 | 9.5 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 33% |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 9.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 9.7 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 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 Weobley’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 Weobley’s residents
What is the population of Weobley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,273 people in Weobley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Weobley?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weobley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weobley?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Weobley good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weobley’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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