Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Pant is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.1
With households in detached houses at 75%, Pant is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. Census figures put households with dependent children at 19% locally. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns. 1,173 residents in 535 households: that is Pant at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Pant’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Pant’s residents are under 57.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
35% of Pant is 65 or over, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8% of the total. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
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%.
7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 87% 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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 55% of UK towns.
Households in terraced houses: 1.1%, a lower share than 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Pant has 2.5%. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.6%, a lower share than 96% 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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Pant. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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 Pant · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 32%, Pant is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. Just over three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 85% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
31% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Pant counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
Pant is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pant | 1,173 | — | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 2.3 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 3.4 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 4.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 6.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Gobowen | 3,046 | 7.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 7.4 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 20% |
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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 Pant’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 Pant’s residents
What is the population of Pant?
The 2021 Census counted 1,173 people in Pant’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pant?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pant?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pant?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Pant good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pant’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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