Photo: John Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0Trefonen ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 1%
With a median age of 51.1, Trefonen is older than 90% of UK towns. The village is home to 745 residents in 312 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Trefonen, 23% of households have dependent children. By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (97%), Trefonen is above 97% of UK towns.
Trefonen sits above 90% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.3% in Trefonen. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Trefonen ranks above 76% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.6%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.3% here and 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 26% of households in Trefonen are one person living alone
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 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.9%.
Households without a car or van make up 7.4% in Trefonen, less than in 94% 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
With households in terraced houses at 8%, Trefonen is behind 93% of UK towns on that count. The share of households in detached houses stands at 55%. By way of comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 85% of UK towns: 3.5%
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%
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: 97% of Trefonen · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 34% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Trefonen ranks above 80% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 53%
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 unpaid carers is 11% in Trefonen and 8.7% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in two thirds of UK towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. 27 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
37% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
37% of Trefonen’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have none (18%).
Trefonen is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trefonen | 745 | — | 51.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 2 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 2.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 2.9 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 3.7 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 4.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Gobowen | 3,046 | 5.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 5.2 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
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 Trefonen’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 Trefonen’s residents
What is the population of Trefonen?
The 2021 Census counted 745 people in Trefonen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trefonen?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trefonen?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trefonen?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Trefonen good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trefonen’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.