Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Cheswardine is over 55.8
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 19% of households have dependent children in Cheswardine. Households without a car or van: 7.7% of the total. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 5.3% of households live in a terraced house. At the 2021 Census Cheswardine was home to 647 people in 285 households.
Below 99% of UK towns: 6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 35% in Cheswardine. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Cheswardine sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (3%)
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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Cheswardine has 8.2%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
In Cheswardine, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 78% 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.
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%. For Cheswardine, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 4.2%.
2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 97% 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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, nearly half of households live in a detached house here. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Cheswardine ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Cheswardine · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
62% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 30% in Cheswardine.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 22%
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
Some 31 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 95% of UK towns. Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Cheswardine has 58%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Cheswardine’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Cheswardine has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheswardine | 647 | — | 55.8 | 35% | 19% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 4.2 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 5.8 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Newport | 14,191 | 6.8 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Eccleshall | 3,229 | 7.1 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Baldwin's Gate | 1,121 | 8 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Gnosall | 4,039 | 8.7 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Cheswardine’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 Cheswardine’s residents
What is the population of Cheswardine?
The 2021 Census counted 647 people in Cheswardine’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cheswardine?
The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cheswardine?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cheswardine?
30% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cheswardine good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cheswardine’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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