Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.2%
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Wilcott has 20%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 14% here. Fewer households without a car or van than in 91% of UK towns: 8.1%. At the 2021 Census, 209 people lived locally, in 85 households.
Half of Wilcott is over 50, older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2%, Wilcott is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 71% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.7% in Wilcott, less 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 32% of Wilcott’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students are more common here than in 78% of UK towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns: 22%
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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.5%.
29% of households live in a detached house, more than in 51% 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
Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Wilcott sits above 99% of UK towns for 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.3%), then in Africa (0.5%). Lower than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 4.3% of residents were born outside the UK. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents
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: 98% of Wilcott · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up three in five residents, against 46% across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Wilcott sits lower than just over four fifths of UK towns: 35%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
Wilcott ranks below 58% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 31%
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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of Wilcott’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Wilcott sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcott | 209 | — | 50 | 25% | 22% |
| Baschurch | 2,007 | 3.5 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Bomere Heath | 1,364 | 6.1 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 6.5 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 6.8 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Hanwood | 1,257 | 6.9 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 7 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Morda | 1,976 | 7.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Wilcott’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 Wilcott’s residents
What is the population of Wilcott?
The 2021 Census counted 209 people in Wilcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wilcott?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wilcott?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wilcott?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Wilcott good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wilcott’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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