Photo: Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 5.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Hodnet
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 98%, Hodnet is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. The village is home to 208 residents in 100 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 9.1% locally. At 39%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 93% of UK towns.
Hodnet is older than 75% of UK towns: a median age of 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
26% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. 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
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.2%
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%.
At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Hodnet ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1%
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.
Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 41% of households are one person living alone in Hodnet.
1% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Hodnet comes in at 19%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 15% of households live in a terraced house locally.
3.9% of residents were born outside the UK, below 79% 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 (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 71% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 62% in Hodnet, more than in 96% 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: 98% of Hodnet · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
30% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 89% of UK towns: 26%
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 11% in Hodnet and 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 10.
17% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
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 Hodnet, 29%, while 17% hold one at degree level (34%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Hodnet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodnet | 208 | — | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 4.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 5.2 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 5.6 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 5.8 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 21% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 6.4 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 7.7 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 9.1 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 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 Hodnet’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 Hodnet’s residents
What is the population of Hodnet?
The 2021 Census counted 208 people in Hodnet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hodnet?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hodnet?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hodnet?
30% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hodnet good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hodnet’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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