Photo: Gordon Griffiths · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.4: Hilton is older than 98% of UK towns
Here 2.8% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. In Hilton, 28% of residents said they have no religion. 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. The village is home to 470 residents in 142 households, by the 2021 Census.
40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3%, against 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns: 16%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 37% of Hilton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 4.9% of adults are full-time students. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
In Hilton, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
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 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Across Hilton, just over a third of households have dependent children. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.8%, more than in 71% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Hilton comes in at 3.6%. The census found that 52% of households live in a detached house in the village. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Below 72% of UK towns: 96% of residents have English as their main language
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 (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 63% of UK towns: 5.1%. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 96% of UK towns: 62%
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 Hilton · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.2%), Indian (0.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 78% of UK towns.
In Hilton, 9.7% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 60% 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
10 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners is 48%, against 44% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 24% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
24% of Hilton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 30% have none (18%).
Hilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton | 470 | — | 57.4 | 40% | 34% |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 3.7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 29% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 4.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 6 mi | 39.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Wombourne | 12,810 | 6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Perton | 9,302 | 6.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 6.1 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 19% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 6.7 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 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 Hilton’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 Hilton’s residents
What is the population of Hilton?
The 2021 Census counted 470 people in Hilton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hilton?
The median age was 57.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hilton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hilton?
28% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.8% didn’t answer.
Is Hilton good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hilton’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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