Photo: J Scott · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Clive is over 53.4
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. 544 residents in 236 households: that is Clive at the 2021 Census. The share of adults who have never married stands at 18%. In Clive, 33% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
Clive ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (29%), Clive is above 88% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 91% of UK towns: 3.7%
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 Clive, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Below 86% of UK towns: 23% of households 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.
A quarter of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.4%.
Clive: 69% of households live in a detached house, above 99% 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
Households in terraced houses: 6.5%, below 96% of UK towns. About one household in 8 lives without a car or van. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Clive: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 94% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%) or in EU countries (0.7%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 72% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns, at 59%
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 Clive · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Clive has 96%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Clive ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 67%
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
Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
40% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of Clive’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Clive
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive | 544 | — | 53.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 3.4 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 3.7 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 5.5 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 6.3 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 7 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 7.7 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 Clive’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 Clive’s residents
What is the population of Clive?
The 2021 Census counted 544 people in Clive’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clive?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clive?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clive?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Clive good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clive’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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