Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.019% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 65% here and 21% across England’s towns. Tetchill’s 151 households held 544 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 3.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 26%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
Younger than 69% of UK towns: half of Tetchill is under 42
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
15–19 is the most common age band: nearly a quarter of residents, 4.1 times the share across England’s towns. At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 55% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 22% of adults study full-time
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%.
Leave the students aside and Tetchill’s other adults differ from England’s: 49% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 25% in Tetchill, less 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The average household has 2.3 people. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
6.4% of households have no car or van, below 96% 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
Here just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. On top of that, every 16th household or so has no car or van.
Tetchill: 10% of residents born outside the UK
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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 95% in Tetchill. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.2%) or in EU countries (2.9%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 85% 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: 90% of Tetchill · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90% of the total.
7.4% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 93% 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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (51%), Tetchill is above two thirds of UK towns. Across Tetchill, 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
36% of Tetchill’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%). The highest qualification of 12% is A levels, often students still at university.
No nearby town is as young as Tetchill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetchill | 544 | — | 42 | 21% | 19% |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 1 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 4.8 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| St Martins | 2,692 | 5.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Gobowen | 3,046 | 5.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 6.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Weston Rhyn | 1,381 | 7.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 25% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 7.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Tetchill’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 Tetchill’s residents
What is the population of Tetchill?
The 2021 Census counted 544 people in Tetchill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tetchill?
The median age was 42 at the 2021 Census. 26% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
Is Tetchill a student village?
Yes: 22% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (101 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Tetchill?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tetchill?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Tetchill good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tetchill’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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