Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Cressage is over 51.9
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 56% in Cressage. Households in terraced houses account for 6.5%. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. The 2021 Census counted 731 residents in 315 households.
Cressage sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.2%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 9.8% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Locally, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Full-time students: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Cressage comes in at 8.3%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns, at 22%
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 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Lower than in 74% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Cressage, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Cressage sits above 90% of UK towns for households in detached houses (50%)
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
One in ten households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
4.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 70% 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the rest of Europe (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, a higher share than 92% 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: 95% of Cressage · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion in Cressage. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 95% in the village. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 93% of UK towns: 25%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 22 people. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 92% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 33% of its adults qualified to degree level, Cressage compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Cressage
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cressage | 731 | — | 51.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Much Wenlock | 1,766 | 3.1 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 18% |
| Broseley | 5,596 | 5.2 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Telford | 156,890 | 6.6 mi | 39 | 16% | 31% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 7.6 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 8.2 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 9.8 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 10 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Cressage’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 Cressage’s residents
What is the population of Cressage?
The 2021 Census counted 731 people in Cressage’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cressage?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cressage?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cressage?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Cressage good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cressage’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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