Photo: Martin Wilson · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.9: Tilstock is older than 97% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 19%, against 29% across England’s towns. By contrast, 70% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns. There were 178 households in Tilstock at the 2021 Census, home to 432 residents. In Tilstock, 4% of households have no car or van.
Only 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Tilstock
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27%, against 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Tilstock ranks below 75% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.2%
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, about the same as across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 18% in Tilstock, less than in 99% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Households in flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of households in terraced houses trails 88% of UK towns: 10%. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Tilstock ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 4.6% in Tilstock and 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 90% 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: 96% of Tilstock · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%, above 88% of UK towns. For Tilstock, the census puts residents with no religion at 36%. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Tilstock: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 99% 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 26% in Tilstock and 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 11% of the total. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Tilstock, 12%, while 38% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Tilstock
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilstock | 432 | — | 54.9 | 27% | 19% |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 2 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 21% |
| Whitchurch | 9,856 | 2.2 mi | 47 | 24% | 24% |
| Prees | 1,013 | 2.9 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 22% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 5.8 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Malpas | 1,361 | 6.7 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 20% |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 8.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 19% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 8.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Tilstock’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 Tilstock’s residents
What is the population of Tilstock?
The 2021 Census counted 432 people in Tilstock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tilstock?
The median age was 54.9 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tilstock?
96% 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 Tilstock?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Tilstock good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tilstock’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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