Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households: 15%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Here 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. At the 2021 Census Hinstock was home to 948 people in 352 households. Census figures put households without a car or van at 3.4% locally. With a median age of 49.1, Hinstock is older than four fifths of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%, a lower share than 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Hinstock has 23%. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Hinstock ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 13%
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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.3% in Hinstock. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Hinstock households average 2.5 people, larger than in 93% 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.
30% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 3.1%, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns, at 65%
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
4.2% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 96% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 3.4% here, fewer than in 86% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Hinstock, more than in 98% 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: 97% of Hinstock · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Hinstock. For Hinstock, the census puts residents with no religion at 33%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Hinstock ranks below 82% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 27%
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
With unpaid carers at 11%, Hinstock is ahead of 91% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 53% locally.
Degree-level qualifications reach 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of Hinstock’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification (18%).
Hinstock is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinstock | 948 | — | 49.1 | 23% | 30% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 3.8 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 5.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Newport | 14,191 | 5.5 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 6.8 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Eccleshall | 3,229 | 8.7 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 8.9 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Gnosall | 4,039 | 8.9 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Hinstock’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 Hinstock’s residents
What is the population of Hinstock?
The 2021 Census counted 948 people in Hinstock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hinstock?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hinstock?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hinstock?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hinstock good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hinstock’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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