Church of St Mary · Photo: Gammock · CC BY-SA 4.0Alveley is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.3
Married adults and civil partners make up 58%, against 44% across England’s towns. In Alveley, a fifth of households have dependent children. On households in terraced houses, Alveley sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 10%. The village’s 695 households held 1,505 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Alveley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Alveley’s residents are under 56.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 37% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
170 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 94% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
37% of Alveley is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Alveley, 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
In Alveley, 36% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For Alveley, the census puts full-time students at 4.2%.
1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 89% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Alveley, 2.2. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. In Alveley, 29% of households are one person living alone.
1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 9.9% of households have no car or van in Alveley. Meanwhile, households in detached houses are more common here than in 89% of UK towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 2%
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 100% in Alveley and 90% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 98%, a higher share than 99% 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 Alveley · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Alveley has 27%. In Alveley, nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 98% 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
The share of unpaid carers is 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. 54 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 29% of adults in Alveley, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Alveley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alveley | 1,505 | — | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
| Highley | 3,305 | 1.8 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 4.9 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 5 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 23% |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 5.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 6.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 6.7 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 26% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Alveley’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 Alveley’s residents
What is the population of Alveley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,505 people in Alveley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Alveley?
The median age was 56.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alveley?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alveley?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Alveley good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Alveley’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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