Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.9% of households in Edingale have no car or van
Here just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. At the 2021 Census Edingale was home to 633 people in 259 households. The census found that 20% of households are one person living alone locally. 62% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% of UK towns.
Half of Edingale is over 50, older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Edingale and 18% across England’s towns. In Kinver, the oldest of Staffordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Edingale sits below 84% of UK towns for full-time students (4%)
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 43% of Edingale’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.5% locally.
Bigger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 28% in Edingale. Locally, 3.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Edingale ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 3.5%
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
Flats are home to 5.8% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
In Edingale, 2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 95% 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
Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Above 93% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Edingale · Staffordshire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95%, against 73% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, at 35%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 83% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Caribbean (1.6%), Other White (1.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.1%).
Above 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
25 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Edingale counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Around Edingale, 1 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edingale | 633 | — | 50 | 24% | 28% |
| Alrewas | 2,831 | 3.2 mi | 52.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Fradley | 3,609 | 3.8 mi | 37.2 | 13% | 38% |
| Whittington | 2,477 | 4 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Barton-under-Needwood | 4,713 | 4.1 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 29% |
| Linton | 2,145 | 4.7 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Streethay | 2,166 | 4.9 mi | 32.2 | 7.5% | 38% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Edingale’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 Edingale’s residents
What is the population of Edingale?
The 2021 Census counted 633 people in Edingale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edingale?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edingale?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Staffordshire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edingale?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Edingale good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edingale’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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