Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.0Springhill is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.1
Here 21% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Springhill is home to 519 residents in 193 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Springhill, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Springhill sits below 95% of UK towns for full-time students (3.5%)
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%.
A third of Springhill’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 4.9%.
Bigger households than 92% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Springhill comes in at 6.2%.
In Springhill, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer 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
17% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Across Springhill, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 40% here, more than in 75% of UK towns. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns, at 4%
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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Springhill has 97%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%) and in EU countries (0.6%).
30% of residents said they have no religion, below 94% 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: 90% of Springhill · Staffordshire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 61%, Springhill is ahead of 96% of UK towns on that count. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 66% of UK towns: 90%. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.9%), Indian (2.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.7%).
Only 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Springhill
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 48% in Springhill and 44% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 20.
Qualified to degree level: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Springhill, 24%, while 26% hold one at degree level (34%).
Springhill is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill | 519 | — | 52.1 | 28% | 21% |
| Essington | 3,471 | 1.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 30% |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 17,647 | 1.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Bloxwich | 51,891 | 2.1 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Featherstone | 7,096 | 2.7 mi | 36.5 | 12% | 29% |
| Willenhall | 49,582 | 2.8 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Pelsall | 10,455 | 2.8 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Norton Canes | 8,155 | 3.6 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 29% |
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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 Springhill’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 Springhill’s residents
What is the population of Springhill?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Springhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Springhill?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Springhill?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Staffordshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Springhill?
30% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.1% didn’t answer.
Is Springhill good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Springhill’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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