Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0Bloxwich is younger than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 36.3
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Bloxwich comes in at 31%. In 2021, the Census found 51,891 residents locally, living in 20,557 households. Census figures put adults who have never married at 43% locally. Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bloxwich’s people
A town of families
35% of Bloxwich’s 20,557 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Bloxwich’s residents are under 36.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Growth of +16% since 2011 puts Bloxwich ahead of 77% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bloxwich’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 47,100 people in 2011; 54,500 in 2024.
By age, the 30 to 44 group changed most (+30%) and the 65 and over group least (+5%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2023 to mid-2024, 1,310 people.
16% of residents are 65 or over, below 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 12%, from the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bloxwich, 36.3. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of UK towns, at 6.4%
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%.
In Bloxwich, 18% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 37% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 6.7%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bloxwich sits above 93% of UK towns for households with dependent children (35%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Midlands’ towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 29% in Bloxwich.
Only 12% of households in Bloxwich live in a detached house
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
In Bloxwich, 16% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. 28% of households live in a terraced house.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 83% of UK towns: 94%
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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Bloxwich it is 10%. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.6%).
Residents with no religion make up 39% in Bloxwich, less than in 60% 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: 80% of Bloxwich · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and African (2.8%). As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%.
39% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, below 94% 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
1,979 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 77% of UK towns.
19% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Bloxwich’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 19% have one at degree level (34%). Many of the 15% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
From a median age of 31 in Blakenall South to 46 in Bloxwich Central & North
The town’s 8 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Bloxwich Central & North is the oldest area, with 20% aged 65 or over; Blakenall South the youngest (median age 31). Families with children are most common in Blakenall South (47% of households).
Of 132 UK towns its size (36,000 to 70,000 people), the 10th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Canterbury (27.5) and the oldest Lytham St Anne's (54.4). Nearest to Bloxwich in age: Keighley (36.1), Batley (36.2), Royal Leamington Spa (36.3) and Dudley (36.4).
Of the 7 towns nearest Bloxwich, 6 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloxwich | 51,891 | — | 36.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Pelsall | 10,455 | 1.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 12,844 | 1.7 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Willenhall | 49,582 | 2.2 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Walsall | 70,777 | 2.6 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 36% |
| Essington | 3,471 | 2.6 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 30% |
| Clayhanger | 1,698 | 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 17,647 | 3.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 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.
- “West Midlands’ towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Midlands (or England), summed the same way as Bloxwich’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. Bloxwich’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 51,966 people in 2021, against 51,891 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 Bloxwich’s residents
What is the population of Bloxwich?
The 2021 Census counted 51,891 people in Bloxwich’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 54,500 people in mid-2024, 16% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bloxwich?
The median age was 36.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 93% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bloxwich?
80% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bloxwich?
39% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bloxwich good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Blakenall South (47% of households). Schools are on Bloxwich’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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