Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Shrewley is over 51.5, older than 91% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 55%, above 94% of UK towns. Meanwhile, on adults who have never married, Shrewley sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 20%. There were 114 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 262 residents. For Shrewley, the census puts households with dependent children at 21%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of UK towns: 8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Shrewley is above 82% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 2.3% in Shrewley, less than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 2.7%, against 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 94% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.6%
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
The census found that a fifth of households live in a terraced house in Shrewley. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.4% in Shrewley and 18% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%).
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 59% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 93% of Shrewley · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 37%. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 50%. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Shrewley sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (67%)
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
Unpaid carers make up 7.2%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 4 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 48% of its adults qualified to degree level, Shrewley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 8.5% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Shrewley, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewley | 262 | — | 51.5 | 27% | 21% |
| Claverdon | 1,310 | 1.9 mi | 51.6 | 28% | 30% |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 2.4 mi | 42 | 11% | 39% |
| Kingswood | 1,197 | 2.9 mi | 48.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Hampton Magna | 1,636 | 3.1 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 22% |
| Henley-in-Arden | 3,001 | 4 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 20% |
| Snitterfield | 1,055 | 4.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 29% |
| Leek Wootton | 1,003 | 4.8 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Warwickshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Warwickshire (or England), summed the same way as Shrewley’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 Shrewley’s residents
What is the population of Shrewley?
The 2021 Census counted 262 people in Shrewley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shrewley?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shrewley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shrewley?
37% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Shrewley good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shrewley’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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