Photo: Rosalind Mitchell · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Caldy is over 55.4, older than 97% of UK towns
Just over nine in ten households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. The 2021 Census put Caldy’s population at 1,227, in 474 households. One-person households: 17% of the total. The village has more married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 68%.
What the Census says about Caldy’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Caldy’s residents are under 55.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% 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).
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Caldy has 10%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Caldy sits above 61% of UK towns for full-time students (5.1%)
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 is 10%, against 11% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 93% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Merseyside’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
24% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The census found that 4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Caldy.
Only 3.8% of households have no car or van in Caldy
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 2.1% in Caldy. The census found that 1.7% of households live in a terraced house in the village. Across the comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
5.8% born outside the UK, fewer than in 55% 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 (2.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in half of UK towns.
In Caldy, 27% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 96% 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: 92% of Caldy · Merseyside’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 66% here and 46% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Chinese (1.1%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in just over half of UK towns: 92%.
20% 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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care in Caldy. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 24.
54% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.6% of Caldy’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 54% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Caldy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldy | 1,227 | — | 55.4 | 34% | 24% |
| West Kirby | 13,383 | 0.9 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 25% |
| Hoylake | 5,311 | 2.4 mi | 50 | 27% | 22% |
| Greasby | 9,175 | 2.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 24% |
| Meols | 5,023 | 2.9 mi | 51 | 27% | 27% |
| Heswall | 29,082 | 3.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Birkenhead | 109,854 | 4.9 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Bagillt | 5,943 | 5.7 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Merseyside’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Merseyside (or England), summed the same way as Caldy’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 Caldy’s residents
What is the population of Caldy?
The 2021 Census counted 1,227 people in Caldy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Caldy?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Caldy?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Merseyside’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Caldy?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Caldy good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Caldy’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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