Photo: TCExplorer · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.3: Longden is older than 93% of UK towns
30% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Longden counted 356 residents and 152 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in the village. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 89% of UK towns: 9.9%.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 82% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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 lower share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns, at 3%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Longden, 34% and 22%. Residents who moved in within the year: a tenth of the total. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Longden
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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Longden comes in at 25%. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. 4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
48% of households live in a detached house, a share 88% of UK towns don’t reach
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
9.7% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Here, 7.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Longden, 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 Longden · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Longden, 65% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
In Longden, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 8 residents. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 89% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Longden’s adults: 39% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Older than Longden: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longden | 356 | — | 52.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 2.4 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 2.8 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Pontesbury | 1,968 | 2.8 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 22% |
| Minsterley | 1,719 | 4.2 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 5.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Church Stretton | 3,576 | 8 mi | 61.1 | 43% | 15% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 8.5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Longden’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 Longden’s residents
What is the population of Longden?
The 2021 Census counted 356 people in Longden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longden?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longden?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longden?
30% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Longden good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longden’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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