Photo: Bill Booth · CC BY-SA 2.06.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 77% of UK towns
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). The 2021 Census counted 693 residents in 308 households. In Ford, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. Adults who have never married are more common here than in just over two thirds of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11% in Ford, more than in 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 18%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. With a median age of 43.6, Ford is younger than 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Ford sits below 61% of UK towns for full-time students (4.6%)
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%.
By class, 31% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). More residents who moved in within the year than in 81% of UK towns: 11%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person homes: 32% of households in Ford
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.
By its share of households with dependent children (26%), Ford is below 60% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
11% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 74% 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
In Ford, 27% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. For Ford, the census puts households in terraced houses at 16%. Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van.
More residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns: 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (1.2%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Lower than in 68% of UK towns: 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK.
Above 74% of UK towns: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Ford · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Chinese (0.7%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 65% of UK towns.
Ford sits below 82% of UK towns for unpaid carers (8.1%)
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 15 people. To put it in context, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Ford comes in at 47%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of adults in Ford (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around Ford, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | 693 | — | 43.6 | 18% | 26% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 2.8 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Pontesbury | 1,968 | 4.7 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 22% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 5 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 5.1 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 5.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 5.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Minsterley | 1,719 | 5.8 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Ford’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 Ford’s residents
What is the population of Ford?
The 2021 Census counted 693 people in Ford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ford?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ford?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ford?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ford good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ford’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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