Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.04.8% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Households in terraced houses make up 4.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. Stanmore had 518 residents and 213 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.4. The census found that 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian in the village. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns.
Half of Stanmore is over 46.4, older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 77% of UK towns: 18%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 28% of Stanmore’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. Across Stanmore, 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
Stanmore households average 2.5 people, larger than in 85% 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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Higher than in 71% of UK towns: 30% of households have dependent children.
Fewer flats than 94% of UK towns: 2.9% 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
In Stanmore, 16% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.
Only 3.9% of residents were born outside the UK in Stanmore
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 (1.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). On residents whose main language is English, Stanmore sits higher than 62% of UK towns: 98%. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 87% of UK towns: 33%
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: 96% of Stanmore · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 96% in Stanmore and 73% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.2%).
A higher share of adults who have never married than 64% of UK towns, at 35%
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
Here 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.4% here, fewer than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of adults in Stanmore (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 22% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as young as Stanmore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanmore | 518 | — | 46.4 | 18% | 30% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 1.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 5.5 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
| Highley | 3,305 | 5.9 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 6.3 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 29% |
| Broseley | 5,596 | 6.7 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 7.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 19% |
| Wombourne | 12,810 | 8.1 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Stanmore’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 Stanmore’s residents
What is the population of Stanmore?
The 2021 Census counted 518 people in Stanmore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stanmore?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stanmore?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stanmore?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Stanmore good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stanmore’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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