Photo: Roger D Kidd · CC BY-SA 2.04.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Households in flats: 1.7% here and 23% across England’s towns. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 27% of residents said they have no religion. At the 2021 Census, 602 people lived in Claverley, in 235 households. On the census count, 22% of households are one person living alone.
A median age of 47.4: Claverley is older than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%, against 12% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Claverley.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 98% of UK towns: 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
Full-time students make up 6.2%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten 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.
Bigger households than 94% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Claverley has 30%. Here, 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Above 91% of UK towns: 52% of households live in a detached house
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, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Claverley, 11%. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Claverley sits below 99% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Claverley has 100%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%) and in EU countries (0.5%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 67% in Claverley, 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: 96% of Claverley · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.7%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Higher than in 91% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Claverley sits above 98% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (60%)
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 15 residents. Claverley has fewer adults who have never married than 92% of UK towns, at 25%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.6%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 37% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Claverley’s adults: 37% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many of the 19% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Claverley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claverley | 602 | — | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 3.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 29% |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 4.5 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 19% |
| Wombourne | 12,810 | 4.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 5.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 5.8 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
| Perton | 9,302 | 5.8 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 6.7 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 19% |
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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 Claverley’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 Claverley’s residents
What is the population of Claverley?
The 2021 Census counted 602 people in Claverley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Claverley?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Claverley?
96% 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 Claverley?
27% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.2% didn’t answer.
Is Claverley good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Claverley’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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