Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Lilleshall is over 56.1, older than 97% of UK towns
With households with dependent children at 19%, Lilleshall is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. For Lilleshall, the census puts adults who have never married at 23%. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%. At the 2021 Census Lilleshall was home to 944 people in 418 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Lilleshall, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%, against 12% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 6.2%
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%.
In Lilleshall, 44% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 6.3% of adults are full-time students. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 26% of households in Lilleshall are one person living alone
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Lilleshall, 3.1%. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
More households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 61%
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
Households in terraced houses: 6.6%, below 96% of UK towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Across Lilleshall, 11% of households have no car or van. At 7.6%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 68% of UK towns.
3.5% born outside the UK, fewer than in 84% 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
With residents whose main language is English at 99%, Lilleshall is ahead of 78% of UK towns on that count. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%) and in EU countries (1%).
Below 94% of UK towns: 30% of residents said they have no religion
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: 93% of Lilleshall · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Indian (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Other White (1.2%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 93%, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 60%
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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 25. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. At 12%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 97% of UK towns.
37% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Lilleshall counts 37% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%). 18% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Every neighbour of Lilleshall has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilleshall | 944 | — | 56.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Newport | 14,191 | 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 3.1 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Telford | 156,890 | 4.8 mi | 39 | 16% | 31% |
| Shifnal | 8,973 | 5 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 29% |
| Gnosall | 4,039 | 6.8 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Wheaton Aston | 1,995 | 7.7 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 22% |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 8.3 mi | 39.3 | 21% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Lilleshall’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 Lilleshall’s residents
What is the population of Lilleshall?
The 2021 Census counted 944 people in Lilleshall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lilleshall?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lilleshall?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lilleshall?
30% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Lilleshall good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lilleshall’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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