Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Clun is over 62, older than 99% of UK towns
The average household has 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. In Clun, 38% of households are one person living alone. The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 89% of UK towns, at 96%. Census day 2021: 654 residents and 333 households locally.
44% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
4.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 2.8% of adults are full-time students in Clun
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, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Clun, 6.3%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Clun sits below 99% of UK towns for households with dependent children (15%)
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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 1.2% in Clun and 4.3% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses: 48%, a higher share than 88% 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
With households without a car or van at 13%, Clun is behind nearly two thirds of UK towns on that count. Census figures put households in flats at 5.4% in the village. Lower than in 60% of UK towns: 18% of households live in a terraced house. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 97% of UK towns, at 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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (4.1%), Clun is below 76% of UK towns. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Clun, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 87% 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 Clun · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.2%). Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 85% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
In Clun, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 18 people. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 54% of UK towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Clun’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
Clun is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clun | 654 | — | 62 | 44% | 15% |
| Bishop's Castle | 1,847 | 5.1 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 20% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 5.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 19% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 8.3 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 10.3 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
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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 Clun’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 Clun’s residents
What is the population of Clun?
The 2021 Census counted 654 people in Clun’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clun?
The median age was 62 at the 2021 Census. 4.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clun?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clun?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Clun good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clun’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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