Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 94% of UK towns
In Clayhanger, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. The village is home to 1,698 residents in 674 households, by the 2021 Census. For Clayhanger, the census puts households with dependent children at 32%. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 12% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns.
A median age of 42.1: Clayhanger is younger than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%.
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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 4.3%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 6.3% of adults are full-time students in Clayhanger. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Clayhanger households average 2.5 people, larger than in 90% of UK towns
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.
Here, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats: 4%, a lower share than 88% 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, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Clayhanger has 32%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 9.3%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 97% of UK towns: 2.4%
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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Clayhanger has more residents whose main language is English than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 99%.
Above 91% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Clayhanger · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1% of residents said their religion is Muslim. On residents with no religion, Clayhanger sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 35%. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
Clayhanger ranks above 90% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 11%
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
For 53 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 35% here, more than in two thirds of UK towns.
27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Clayhanger, 27%, and 15% have none, against 18%. A levels are as far as 22% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Clayhanger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayhanger | 1,698 | — | 42.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Brownhills | 21,238 | 0.7 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Pelsall | 10,455 | 1.3 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 12,844 | 2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Stonnall | 1,340 | 2.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Norton Canes | 8,155 | 2.5 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 29% |
| Aldridge | 15,827 | 2.5 mi | 49 | 28% | 25% |
| Bloxwich | 51,891 | 2.8 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 35% |
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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 Clayhanger’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 Clayhanger’s residents
What is the population of Clayhanger?
The 2021 Census counted 1,698 people in Clayhanger’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clayhanger?
The median age was 42.1 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clayhanger?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clayhanger?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Clayhanger good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clayhanger’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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