Photo: Bob Bowyer · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Cockshutt is over 51.7
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Cockshutt has 1.1%. The village is home to 844 residents in 356 households, by the 2021 Census. For Cockshutt, the census puts households without a car or van at 6.7%. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 96% of UK towns: 62%.
Above 69% of UK towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% of the total.
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.
Cockshutt ranks above 65% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.2%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Cockshutt. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 90% of UK towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.7%. Fewer households with dependent children than in 82% of UK towns: 24%.
52% of households live in a detached house, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Cockshutt, 12%. 1.1% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 52% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 3.1% of residents were born outside the UK in Cockshutt
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 abroad were most often born in EU countries (1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 90% of UK towns, at 96%
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 Cockshutt · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 33% answered “no religion” and 62% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Caribbean (0.1%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 92% of UK towns, at 57%
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
Adults who have never married: 25% here and 39% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. On the census count, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 35% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Cockshutt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cockshutt | 844 | — | 51.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 4.1 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 4.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 4.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 6.6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 7.8 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| St Martins | 2,692 | 8.2 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 26% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Cockshutt’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 Cockshutt’s residents
What is the population of Cockshutt?
The 2021 Census counted 844 people in Cockshutt’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cockshutt?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cockshutt?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cockshutt?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Cockshutt good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cockshutt’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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