Photo: Jonathan Kington · CC BY-SA 2.097% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. There were 7,714 households in Biddulph at the 2021 Census, home to 17,490 residents. The share of households in detached houses stands at 39%. With a median age of 48.2, Biddulph is older than 75% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Biddulph’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Biddulph at 18,300 in 2011 and 18,200 in 2024, down 0%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 86% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Biddulph’s population moved ±0% on 2011, less than in 86% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Biddulph’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 18,300 people in 2011; 18,200 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+26%) and the 30 to 44 least (−14%).
In Biddulph, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 7.9% of residents. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 72% of UK towns: 9.1%. In Kinver, the oldest of Staffordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Biddulph, 48.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 89% of UK towns: 6.8%
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 Biddulph, 4.4% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
In Biddulph, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 71% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Staffordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% of the total.
Below 86% of UK towns: 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment
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 without a car or van make up 14%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Fewer residents born abroad than 98% of UK towns: 2.1%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 10%. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Residents whose main language is English: 99% of the total.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 69% of UK towns, at 53%
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: 97% of Biddulph · Staffordshire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
41% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 81% of UK towns, at 11%
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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 49% in Biddulph and 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%. For Biddulph, the census puts adults who have never married at 30%.
A degree-level qualification for 25% of adults
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 Biddulph, 25%, and 22% have none, against 18%.
From a median age of 41 in Biddulph Central to 55 in Biddulph North & Brownlees
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Biddulph North & Brownlees is the oldest area, with 33% aged 65 or over; Biddulph Central the youngest (median age 41). Families with children are most common in Biddulph Central (31% of households).
Ranked by age, 59th oldest of 354 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Biddulph in age: Baildon (48.2), Marple (48.2), Knowle and Dorridge (48.2) and Kenilworth (48.2).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Biddulph
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biddulph | 17,490 | — | 48.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Biddulph Moor | 1,286 | 1.3 mi | 56.5 | 36% | 14% |
| Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel | 3,637 | 1.9 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Brown Edge | 2,374 | 2.8 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 21% |
| Scholar Green | 2,095 | 3.4 mi | 52.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Endon | 2,655 | 3.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 27% |
| Kidsgrove | 15,598 | 3.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 26% |
| Congleton | 30,001 | 3.9 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Staffordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Staffordshire (or England), summed the same way as Biddulph’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Biddulph’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 18,062 people in 2021, against 17,490 in the built-up area.
- 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 Biddulph’s residents
What is the population of Biddulph?
The 2021 Census counted 17,490 people in Biddulph’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 18,200 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Biddulph?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 75% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Biddulph?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Staffordshire’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Biddulph?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Biddulph good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Biddulph Central (31% of households). Schools are on Biddulph’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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