Photo: Raggatt2000 · Public domainBaschurch: 62% of households live in a detached house, above 97% of UK towns
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Baschurch has 33%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 6.9% here. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55% here, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The village had 2,007 residents in 818 households at the 2021 Census.
Only 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Baschurch
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. With a median age of 43.9, Baschurch is younger than 55% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Church Stretton, the oldest of Shropshire’s towns by this measure, it is 43%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Baschurch ranks above 59% of UK towns on full-time students: 5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. In Baschurch, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Baschurch, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 85% 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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Baschurch has more shared households of unrelated adults than 71% of UK towns, at 2.8%. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
Few flats: only 3.2% of households in Baschurch live in one
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Baschurch has 8.3%. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 71% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.4%), then in Africa (1.9%). At 5.4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 61% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. 28% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 66% 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: 94% of Baschurch · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Baschurch, 38% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.5%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 75% of UK towns don’t reach
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 8.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 30% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of Baschurch’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Baschurch, 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baschurch | 2,007 | — | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 3.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 7 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 7.1 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 7.4 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 8.2 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 8.3 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 8.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 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.
- “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 Baschurch’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 Baschurch’s residents
What is the population of Baschurch?
The 2021 Census counted 2,007 people in Baschurch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Baschurch?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Baschurch?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Baschurch?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Baschurch good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Baschurch’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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