Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Upper Longdon is over 54.2
0.7% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 67% in Upper Longdon. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 1.4% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The village had 341 residents in 147 households at the 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns: 7.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 75–79 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 2.9 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.4%
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 14%, Upper Longdon is ahead of 95% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 93% 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 share of households with dependent children trails 84% of UK towns: 23%. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Across Upper Longdon, 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses: 86%, a higher share than 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Upper Longdon, 4.1%. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.5% of residents were born outside the UK
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%) and in EU countries (0.3%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Higher than in 97% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Upper Longdon · Staffordshire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Here, 39% of residents said they have no religion.
19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 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
10 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns.
Among adults, 43% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 43% of adults in Upper Longdon, 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 18%.
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Upper Longdon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Longdon | 341 | — | 54.2 | 32% | 23% |
| Handsacre and Armitage | 4,837 | 2 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Rugeley | 26,149 | 2.3 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Hill Ridware | 1,012 | 2.4 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Rawnsley | 2,470 | 2.8 mi | 43.5 | 18% | 27% |
| Burntwood | 27,891 | 3.4 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 26% |
| King's Bromley | 1,031 | 4.2 mi | 56.5 | 37% | 22% |
| Norton Canes | 8,155 | 4.6 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 Upper Longdon’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 Upper Longdon’s residents
What is the population of Upper Longdon?
The 2021 Census counted 341 people in Upper Longdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Longdon?
The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Longdon?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Staffordshire’s towns. 1.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Longdon?
39% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Longdon good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Longdon’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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