Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.03.5% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Myddle comes in at 59%. 348 residents in 143 households: that is Myddle at the 2021 Census. The census found that 97% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
A median age of 48.6: Myddle is older than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
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.
4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 79% of UK towns
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 34% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 22% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Higher than in 70% of UK towns: 9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.2%, from the figure across England’s towns. Households with dependent children account for 28%.
Only 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment in Myddle
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
15% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Myddle, the census puts households in detached houses at 43%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 98% of UK towns.
51% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 61% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Myddle · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (1.7%), Other White (1.2%) and Indian (0.3%). Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 41% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%.
In Myddle, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 91% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Myddle, 9.8%. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Myddle and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myddle | 348 | — | 48.6 | 22% | 28% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 2.7 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 4.2 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 5.8 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 6.9 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 7.9 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 8.1 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Myddle’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 Myddle’s residents
What is the population of Myddle?
The 2021 Census counted 348 people in Myddle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Myddle?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Myddle?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Myddle?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Myddle good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Myddle’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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