Photo: Dpaajones · CC BY-SA 3.0All Stretton is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 64.5
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 98%, against 73% across England’s towns. 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 402 residents in All Stretton, living in 186 households. The share of households with dependent children stands at 11%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 49%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.2%, against 12% across England’s towns. 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 87 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.
All Stretton ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 1.9%
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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in All Stretton, 6.8%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
All Stretton households average 2 people, smaller than in 98% of UK towns
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.
All Stretton sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 4.2% in All Stretton, less than in 98% of UK towns
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
Here 13% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 21% in All Stretton. 52% of households live in a detached house, more than in 91% of UK towns.
Only 3% of residents were born outside the UK in All Stretton
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%) and in EU countries (0.8%). More residents whose main language is English than in 99% of UK towns: 100%. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in All Stretton, more than in 90% 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: 98% of All Stretton · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 35%, against 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns: 26%
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
All Stretton sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 14 people.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in All Stretton, 20%, while 36% hold one at degree level (34%).
All Stretton is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Stretton | 402 | — | 64.5 | 49% | 11% |
| Church Stretton | 3,576 | 1.1 mi | 61.1 | 43% | 15% |
| Pontesbury | 1,968 | 7.8 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 22% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 7.9 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Minsterley | 1,719 | 8 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 8.4 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 9.3 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Bishop's Castle | 1,847 | 9.5 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 20% |
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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 All Stretton’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 All Stretton’s residents
What is the population of All Stretton?
The 2021 Census counted 402 people in All Stretton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in All Stretton?
The median age was 64.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 49% were 65 or over.
How diverse is All Stretton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in All Stretton?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is All Stretton good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on All Stretton’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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