Photo: David Weston · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58%, a higher share than 90% of UK towns
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up just over one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Uttoxeter had 14,024 residents in 5,980 households at the 2021 Census. In Uttoxeter, 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. On households in terraced houses, Uttoxeter sits lower than 61% of UK towns: 17%.
A +11% change since 2011: faster than 65% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Uttoxeter’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,100 people in 2011; 14,600 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2018 to mid-2019, the population rose by 190, the most of any year.
Uttoxeter is younger than 70% of UK towns: a median age of 41.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.5% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. In Kinver, the oldest of Staffordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Uttoxeter, 41.9. 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.
Above 70% of UK towns: 5.3% of adults are full-time students
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 30% of Uttoxeter’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 32%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, more than in 55% 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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 29%. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 56% of UK towns, at 32%
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 have no car or van; in Uttoxeter, 16%. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%. Households in flats account for 9.7%.
4.8% born outside the UK, fewer than in 66% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 15% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 67% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Uttoxeter · Staffordshire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.3%).
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 67% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 277 residents. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Fewer unpaid carers than in 78% of UK towns: 8.3%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Uttoxeter’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
95th youngest of 360 UK towns of 10,000 to 19,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Uttoxeter in age: Tonyrefail (41.8), Maltby (41.9), Sandy (41.9) and Bishop's Cleeve (41.9).
Every neighbour of Uttoxeter has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 14,024 | — | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Doveridge | 1,760 | 2.2 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Rocester | 1,679 | 3.8 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 28% |
| Abbots Bromley | 1,331 | 5.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 22% |
| Upper Tean | 3,244 | 5.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Hixon | 2,081 | 7 mi | 49 | 26% | 27% |
| Cheadle | 11,403 | 7.3 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Weston | 1,056 | 8 mi | 50 | 27% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Uttoxeter’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. Uttoxeter’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,024 people in 2021, against 14,024 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 Uttoxeter’s residents
What is the population of Uttoxeter?
The 2021 Census counted 14,024 people in Uttoxeter’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,600 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Uttoxeter?
The median age was 41.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 70% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Uttoxeter?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Staffordshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Uttoxeter?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Uttoxeter good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Uttoxeter’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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