Photo: Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.0Ackleton is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 54
Households without a car or van make up 0.8%, against 24% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, on households in detached houses, Ackleton sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 68%. The 2021 Census counted 295 residents in 126 households. Here, 13% of households have dependent children.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, against 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 84% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 7.8% in Ackleton. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 21% of households in Ackleton are one person living alone
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Shropshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Ackleton sits below 93% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (7.9%)
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
The share of households in flats trails just over four fifths of UK towns: 5.5%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.7%
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 largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1%) and in Africa (0.7%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Ackleton comes in at 100%.
No religion: 27% of residents, a lower share than 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: 97% of Ackleton · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Ackleton, 66%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 97%.
Ackleton sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (61%)
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 make up 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Ackleton has fewer adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns, at 26%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 3 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of Ackleton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Ackleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackleton | 295 | — | 54 | 31% | 13% |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 3.3 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 29% |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 4.3 mi | 39.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 4.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Perton | 9,302 | 5.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Shifnal | 8,973 | 6 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 29% |
| Broseley | 5,596 | 6.2 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Codsall | 11,867 | 6.9 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Shropshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Shropshire (or England), summed the same way as Ackleton’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 Ackleton’s residents
What is the population of Ackleton?
The 2021 Census counted 295 people in Ackleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ackleton?
The median age was 54 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ackleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ackleton?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ackleton good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ackleton’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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