Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Ruyton-XI-Towns sits below 98% of UK towns for households without a car or van (5.6%)
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 1.6% in Ruyton-XI-Towns and 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Ruyton-XI-Towns, 23% of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 47.3, Ruyton-XI-Towns is older than 71% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 952 residents in 381 households.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 21% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. 10–14 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.5% of adults are full-time students, more than in 89% 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%.
By class, 39% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 10%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 72% of UK towns: 25%
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 average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
54% of households live in a detached house, more than in 93% 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
12% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. On average, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in flats: nearly a tenth of the total.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 98% 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
Born outside the UK: 3.7% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 93% 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 Ruyton-XI-Towns · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Chinese (0.3%). For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56% here, more than in 84% of UK towns. By contrast, the share of residents with no religion is 38%, against 37% across England’s towns.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
Ruyton-XI-Towns sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 7.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. Locally, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Ruyton-XI-Towns, 39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%). The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
Ruyton-XI-Towns is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruyton-XI-Towns | 952 | — | 47.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 2 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 5.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 6.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 7.3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 7.4 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 7.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 7.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Ruyton-XI-Towns’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 Ruyton-XI-Towns’s residents
What is the population of Ruyton-XI-Towns?
The 2021 Census counted 952 people in Ruyton-XI-Towns’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ruyton-XI-Towns?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ruyton-XI-Towns?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ruyton-XI-Towns?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ruyton-XI-Towns good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ruyton-XI-Towns’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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