Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 0.8%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Walford, 60%. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 96% of UK towns: 14%. Census day 2021: 325 residents and 122 households in the village. Locally, 16% of households are one person living alone.
Older than 64% of UK towns: half of Walford is over 46.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Walford: 20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Full-time students are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.1%. On average, 11% of 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.
Walford households average 2.6 people, larger than in 94% 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 about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.1%. In Walford, 28% of households have dependent children.
Only 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Walford
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 Walford, 9.1% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Walford, more than in 99% of UK towns
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 Africa (4%) and in EU countries (1.5%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Walford it is 6.8%.
Walford sits above 87% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (57%)
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: 94% of Walford · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Walford has 94%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Census figures put residents with no religion at 37% in the village.
Married adults and civil partners: 53%, a higher share than 82% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Walford comes in at 7.3%. Locally, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
36% of Walford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 7.7% have none (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 26%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Around Walford, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walford | 325 | — | 46.3 | 17% | 28% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 1 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 2.5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Shrewsbury | 76,013 | 6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 6.5 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Wem | 6,287 | 7.1 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Shawbury | 1,962 | 7.6 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Bayston Hill | 5,221 | 7.9 mi | 48 | 28% | 26% |
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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 Walford’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 Walford’s residents
What is the population of Walford?
The 2021 Census counted 325 people in Walford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walford?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walford?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Walford good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walford’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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