Half of Rosehill is over 61.4, older than 99% of UK towns
14% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Across Rosehill, just over nine in ten households live in a detached house. On residents with no religion, Rosehill sits lower than 95% of UK towns: 28%. At the 2021 Census, 121 people lived in the village, in 51 households.
Rosehill sits above 99% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (45%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Rosehill comes in at 5.6%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Rosehill ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.7%
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%.
By class, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 9.8% of households are one person living alone in Rosehill
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 3.8%
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Rosehill. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (2.5%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Rosehill it is 7.4%.
Rosehill sits above 94% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
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 Rosehill · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (1.7%), Other White (0.8%) and African (0.8%). On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Rosehill sits higher than 96% of UK towns: 61%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Above 99% of UK towns: 68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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 figure for unpaid carers is 13% in Rosehill and 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Adults who have never married: 18% of the total.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
38% of Rosehill’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 24% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Rosehill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosehill | 121 | — | 61.4 | 45% | 14% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 3.2 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 6.6 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 6.8 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 6.9 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 7 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 21% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 7.6 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Newport | 14,191 | 8.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 26% |
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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 Rosehill’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 Rosehill’s residents
What is the population of Rosehill?
The 2021 Census counted 121 people in Rosehill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rosehill?
The median age was 61.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 45% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rosehill?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rosehill?
28% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Rosehill good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rosehill’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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