Photo: Whatlep · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 13%, a lower share than 80% of UK towns
The figure for households in detached houses is 18% in Coseley and 21% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 25,206 people lived in the town, in 10,528 households. Locally, 11% of residents give unpaid care. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns.
From 2011 to 2024, 55% of UK towns grew faster than Coseley: +6%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Coseley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 24,100 people in 2011; 25,700 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 30 to 44 changed most (+11%) and 16 to 29 least (+1%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2024: 390 more people.
Younger than 69% of UK towns: half of Coseley is under 42
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents. Coseley has fewer residents aged 65 and over than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 20%. Still, in Coseley, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coseley, 42. 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.
Below 97% of UK towns: 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 22% of Coseley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 33%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 5.1% here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 73% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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 29%, the share of households with dependent children is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 22% in Coseley, more than in 80% 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
Flats are home to 13% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.
Below 67% of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language
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
Of residents born abroad, 15% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%) and in EU countries (2.1%).
In Coseley, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 77% 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: 86% of Coseley · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Coseley has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than just over two thirds of UK towns, at 53%. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 1.8% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
Coseley ranks above 80% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 38%
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 893 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 44% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 20%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Coseley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 27% have none (18%).
From a median age of 39 in Coseley Wallbrook to 50 in Dudley Priory & Wrens Nest
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Dudley Priory & Wrens Nest is the oldest area, with 30% aged 65 or over; Coseley Wallbrook the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Coseley Wallbrook (32% of households).
246 UK towns of 18,000 to 34,000 people: this is the 100th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Egham (31.1) and the oldest Rustington (56.2). Nearest to Coseley in age: Eston (42), Colne (42), Larkfield (42) and Sevenoaks (42).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Coseley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coseley | 25,206 | — | 42 | 20% | 29% |
| Sedgley | 31,976 | 1.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Tipton | 47,202 | 1.6 mi | 36.6 | 14% | 35% |
| Bilston | 34,631 | 2 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 36% |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 2.4 mi | 36.4 | 15% | 33% |
| Darlaston | 21,541 | 3 mi | 33.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Rowley Regis | 39,052 | 3.3 mi | 37.6 | 16% | 34% |
| Wednesbury | 20,321 | 3.6 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 33% |
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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 Coseley’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. Coseley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 24,836 people in 2021, against 25,206 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 Coseley’s residents
What is the population of Coseley?
The 2021 Census counted 25,206 people in Coseley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 25,700 people in mid-2024, 6% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Coseley?
The median age was 42 at the 2021 Census, younger than 69% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coseley?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coseley?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Coseley good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Coseley Wallbrook (32% of households). Schools are on Coseley’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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