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48.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Tibberton ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 0.3%

Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Tibberton comes in at 1%. On the census count, 20% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. At the 2021 Census Tibberton was home to 763 people in 305 households.

24%aged 65 or over 4.7%born abroad 305households

Ages

Tibberton is older than 77% of UK towns: a median age of 48.5

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

TibbertonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 24% in Tibberton. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1518%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6432%

65 and over24%

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Tibberton

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Residents who moved in within the year make up 20% in Tibberton, more than in 98% 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

Full-time students6.6%

Higher managerial and professional22%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical2.9%

Semi-routine8.7%

Routine6.8%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.1%

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Tibberton

20%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

149

residents, 20%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Compared with 7.9% across England’s towns, 6.6% of adults are full-time students here. As a yardstick, just over one in ten 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.

Households

Bigger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 10%Living alone, under 66 9.5%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 3%

Against Shropshire’s towns and England’s towns

Tibberton

Shropshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person19%

2 people41%

3 people18%

4 people14%

5 or more6.9%

England’s towns.

The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3% in Tibberton and 4.3% across England’s towns. Here, 30% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

More households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 66%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Tibberton

Shropshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.5%

One27%

Two43%

Three or more22%

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households without a car or van make up 7.5%, against 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

More residents whose main language is English than 89% of UK towns: 99%

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%

Tibberton

4.7%

Shropshire’s towns

8.6%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.8%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%), then in EU countries (1.3%). For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 4.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 68% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach

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

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.6%

Asian1.1%

Mixed2.1%

Black0.8%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 93% of Tibberton · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion32%

Christian60%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer6.4%

0%35%70%

32% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in 62% of UK towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (0.9%).

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners: 60%, a higher share than 98% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership25%

Married or civil partnership60%

Separated1.6%

Divorced6.2%

Widowed6.9%

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

73residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more2.5%

The share of unpaid carers tops 69% of UK towns: 10%. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 18.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 42% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship4.8%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level42%

TibbertonShropshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Tibberton, 12%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%). A levels top the qualifications of 19%, many of them students on the way to a degree.

Neighbours

Older than Tibberton: 1 of the 7 towns nearby

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

EdgmondNewportTelfordShawburyShifnalMarket DraytonGnosallTibberton

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Tibberton	763	—	48.5	24%	30%
Edgmond	1,560	2.1 mi	23.9	18%	20%
Newport	14,191	4.1 mi	44.4	24%	26%
Telford	156,890	6.5 mi	39	16%	31%
Shawbury	1,962	7.6 mi	37.5	17%	33%
Shifnal	8,973	8.6 mi	41.9	20%	29%
Market Drayton	12,062	8.7 mi	45.8	25%	26%
Gnosall	4,039	9.1 mi	52.2	29%	21%

More about Tibberton’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Tibberton’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 Tibberton’s residents

What is the population of Tibberton?

The 2021 Census counted 763 people in Tibberton’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Tibberton?

The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Tibberton?

93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Tibberton?

32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.

Is Tibberton good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tibberton’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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