Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in Minsterley, more than in 90% of UK towns
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Minsterley. There were 748 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 1,719 residents. Locally, 6.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 75% of UK towns: 14%.
Minsterley ranks above 65% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents. The median age in Minsterley is 43.6, lower than in 57% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 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
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 5.1% of adults study full-time
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%.
8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, more than in 58% 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.
Across Minsterley, 28% of households have dependent children. Higher than in 52% of UK towns: 30% of households are one person living alone.
14% of households have no car or van, below 60% 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
By its share of households in detached houses (30%), Minsterley is above 54% of UK towns. One household in every 7 has no car or van.
Minsterley ranks below 65% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 5%
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
Residents whose main language is English: 97%, below 64% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 74% of UK towns: 95%
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 Minsterley · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 35% in Minsterley and 37% across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 61% 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
On unpaid carers, 8.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Higher than in 53% of UK towns: 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 50 people.
26% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Minsterley counts 26% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Around Minsterley, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minsterley | 1,719 | — | 43.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Pontesbury | 1,968 | 1.5 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 22% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 5.5 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 6.9 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Church Stretton | 3,576 | 8.6 mi | 61.1 | 43% | 15% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 9.1 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 9.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 10.4 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
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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 Minsterley’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 Minsterley’s residents
What is the population of Minsterley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,719 people in Minsterley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Minsterley?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Minsterley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Minsterley?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Minsterley good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Minsterley’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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