Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Snailbeach is over 56.7
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Snailbeach, 20%. The 2021 Census counted 295 residents in 132 households. On the census count, 4.4% of households have no car or van. 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Snailbeach, 8.5%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.1%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 6.1% of adults are full-time students in Snailbeach. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Snailbeach sits below 94% of UK towns for one-person households (23%)
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. 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 72% of households
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Snailbeach has 5.2%. 0.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 72% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (0.3%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. At 3.4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 86% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Snailbeach · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Snailbeach has 33%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56% of the total.
More married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns: 59%
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
In Snailbeach, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 11 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Fewer unpaid carers than in three fifths of UK towns: 9%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Snailbeach compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Snailbeach, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snailbeach | 295 | — | 56.7 | 35% | 20% |
| Minsterley | 1,719 | 1.7 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Pontesbury | 1,968 | 2.9 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 22% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 6.8 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Church Stretton | 3,576 | 7.4 mi | 61.1 | 43% | 15% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 7.8 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
| Bishop's Castle | 1,847 | 8.9 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 20% |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 9.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 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 Snailbeach’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 Snailbeach’s residents
What is the population of Snailbeach?
The 2021 Census counted 295 people in Snailbeach’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Snailbeach?
The median age was 56.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Snailbeach?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Snailbeach?
33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Snailbeach good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Snailbeach’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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