Photo: Gordon Griffiths · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Worfield is over 54.8
In Worfield, 15% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. By contrast, households with dependent children are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. The village counted 275 residents and 123 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
Below 98% of UK towns: 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.4% of adults are full-time students in Worfield
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 28% of Worfield’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: a tenth of the total.
Smaller households than 70% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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 rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Here, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Few flats: only 6.4% of households in Worfield live in one
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 detached houses make up 35%, against 21% across England’s towns. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 17% in Worfield. Fewer households without a car or van than in 64% of UK towns: 13%.
In Worfield, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% 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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Worfield, 5.4%. To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 88% of UK towns, at 33%
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: 96% of Worfield · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 96%, Worfield is ahead of 84% of UK towns on that count. The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.4%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 25%, a lower share than 93% 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
18 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Worfield has more married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns, at 56%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 25%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Worfield, 25%, and 31% have none, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Worfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worfield | 275 | — | 54.8 | 33% | 20% |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 4.5 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 29% |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 6.2 mi | 39.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Broseley | 5,596 | 6.4 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 6.8 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
| Perton | 9,302 | 7 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Wombourne | 12,810 | 7.1 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Worfield’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 Worfield’s residents
What is the population of Worfield?
The 2021 Census counted 275 people in Worfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Worfield?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worfield?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Worfield good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worfield’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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