Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.01.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 87% of UK towns
In Weston Rhyn, 25% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. The village had 1,381 residents in 607 households at the 2021 Census. For Weston Rhyn, the census puts households in flats at 14%. 17% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 65% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 56% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 7.6% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Weston Rhyn’s residents are under 44, younger than in 54% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Weston Rhyn sits above 90% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
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%.
In Weston Rhyn, 25% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Full-time students: 4.6% of the total.
One-person homes: 31% of households in Weston Rhyn
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.
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Weston Rhyn ranks above 55% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 31%
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 census found that 15% of households have no car or van in Weston Rhyn. 14% of households live in a flat, more than in 67% of UK towns; 31% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 5.1% of Weston Rhyn’s residents were 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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 62% of UK towns: 93%
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: 93% of Weston Rhyn · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Chinese (0.3%). Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%).
Fewer married adults and civil partners than 78% of UK towns: 43%
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
In Weston Rhyn, a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 36 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Weston Rhyn (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
Weston Rhyn and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Rhyn | 1,381 | — | 44 | 23% | 25% |
| Chirk | 3,930 | 1.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Gobowen | 3,046 | 1.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| St Martins | 2,692 | 2.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 3.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 6,905 | 4.2 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 33% |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 4.3 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Weston Rhyn’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 Weston Rhyn’s residents
What is the population of Weston Rhyn?
The 2021 Census counted 1,381 people in Weston Rhyn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Weston Rhyn?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weston Rhyn?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weston Rhyn?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Weston Rhyn good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weston Rhyn’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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