Photo: Chris Bennett · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 2.7%
Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Child's Ercall, 62%. 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 66% here, more than in 98% of UK towns. The village counted 450 residents and 190 households at the 2021 Census.
Child's Ercall is older than 88% of UK towns: a median age of 50.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
60–64 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Across Child's Ercall, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Child's Ercall ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.9%
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%.
In Child's Ercall, 4% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
One-person households make up 17% in Child's Ercall, less than in 99% 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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.1% of the total. At 26%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 7%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
4.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 74% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in three quarters of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
In Child's Ercall, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 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 Child's Ercall · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Fewer residents with no religion than in 71% of UK towns: 37%. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 97% 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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 6.9% in Child's Ercall. For 2 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
38% of Child's Ercall’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Child's Ercall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child's Ercall | 450 | — | 50.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 4.1 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 5.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Newport | 14,191 | 6.2 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 7.1 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 8.3 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 8.7 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 9.2 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 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 Child's Ercall’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 Child's Ercall’s residents
What is the population of Child's Ercall?
The 2021 Census counted 450 people in Child's Ercall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Child's Ercall?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Child's Ercall?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Child's Ercall?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Child's Ercall good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Child's Ercall’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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