Photo: Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.00.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
In Hadnall, 6.8% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60% of the total. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 79% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 924 people lived locally, in 388 households.
Below 99% of UK towns: 6.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Hadnall’s residents are over 45, older than in 54% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Church Stretton, the oldest of Shropshire’s towns by this measure, it is 43%.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Hadnall has 40% and 19%. 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 79% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 80% of UK towns: 1.8%
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 with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 29%. On average, 2.4 people share a household. As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
69% of households live in a detached house, more than in 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
With households without a car or van at 6.2%, Hadnall is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. 0.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 69% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Hadnall: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 82% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns.
Hadnall ranks below 93% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 30%
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 Hadnall · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.7%), Indian (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.9%). The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 80% of UK towns.
Only 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Hadnall
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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 16. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. On married adults and civil partners, Hadnall sits higher than 91% of UK towns: 56%. 8.2% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Hadnall, 16%, while 31% hold one at degree level (34%).
Around Hadnall, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadnall | 924 | — | 45 | 24% | 29% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 2.4 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 2.9 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 4.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 5.6 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 6.1 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 7.4 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 7.6 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Hadnall’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 Hadnall’s residents
What is the population of Hadnall?
The 2021 Census counted 924 people in Hadnall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hadnall?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hadnall?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hadnall?
30% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Hadnall good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hadnall’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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