Photo: Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of UK towns: 1.2%
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. 6.6% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 96% of UK towns. Bomere Heath’s 598 households held 1,364 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of households in detached houses stands at 61%.
What the Census says about Bomere Heath’s people
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 86% of UK towns; 19% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Bomere Heath is older than 82% of UK towns: a median age of 49.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bomere Heath. For Bomere Heath, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 28%.
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.
Bomere Heath sits below 73% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.7%)
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 Bomere Heath, just over a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Bomere Heath, the census puts full-time students at 5.2%. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 25% of households in Bomere Heath have dependent children
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.
29% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Only 10% of households have no car or van in Bomere Heath
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 7.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.9%, a lower share than 92% 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
99% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
In Bomere Heath, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, 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: 97% of Bomere Heath · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 37%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 84% 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
8.9% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Across Bomere Heath, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Bomere Heath’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 29% have one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Bomere Heath, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | — | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 3.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 4.2 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 5.3 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 6.3 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 6.8 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Pontesbury | 1,968 | 9.7 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 22% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Bomere Heath’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 Bomere Heath’s residents
What is the population of Bomere Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 1,364 people in Bomere Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bomere Heath?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bomere Heath?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bomere Heath?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bomere Heath good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bomere Heath’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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