Photo: Martinevans123 · CC BY-SA 4.0Woore ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 3.6%
The share of households in terraced houses trails 92% of UK towns: 8.6%. Census day 2021: 826 residents and 368 households in Woore. Just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The median age locally is 51, higher than in 89% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 5.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30% of Woore is 65 or over, against 21% across Shropshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 92% of UK towns: 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%.
Full-time students: 5% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 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.
The share of households with dependent children is 25%, against 29% across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. The average household has 2.3 people.
Households in detached houses make up 71% in Woore, more than in 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 figure for households in flats is 2.5% in Woore and 23% across England’s towns. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in Africa (1%). For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
Woore: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 92% 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: 95% of Woore · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, above 74% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
Woore: 64% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 24. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 97% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of Woore’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Woore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woore | 826 | — | 51 | 30% | 25% |
| Madeley | 3,293 | 3.3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 23% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 4.1 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Baldwin's Gate | 1,121 | 4.2 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 4.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 19% |
| Keele | 2,607 | 5.9 mi | 20.6 | 3.7% | 33% |
| Halmer End and Alsagers Bank | 1,158 | 6 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Woore’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 Woore’s residents
What is the population of Woore?
The 2021 Census counted 826 people in Woore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woore?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woore?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woore?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Woore good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woore’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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