Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56: Sheet is older than 97% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children is 13%, against 29% across England’s towns. The census found that 6.3% of households have no car or van in Sheet. The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%. The 2021 Census counted 175 residents in 79 households.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 83% of UK towns: 8.6%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 87% 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 account for 31% of Sheet’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
34% of households are one person living alone, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. 5.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 92% of UK towns: 54%
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
9% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, 13% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.6% in Sheet, less than in 69% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 97%, fewer than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
In Sheet, 30% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 94% 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 Sheet · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up just over three in five residents, against 46% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Islam is the religion of 1.1% of residents.
Sheet sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (13%)
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
6 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 25% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Set against 44% across England’s towns, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Sheet.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Sheet counts 37% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Sheet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheet | 175 | — | 56 | 30% | 13% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 1.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 5.5 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 8.2 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | 8.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 9.9 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Sheet’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 Sheet’s residents
What is the population of Sheet?
The 2021 Census counted 175 people in Sheet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sheet?
The median age was 56 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sheet?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sheet?
30% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Sheet good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sheet’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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