Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns: 58%
Households in terraced houses: 17%, below 65% of UK towns. The median age in Pelsall is 47, higher than in 69% of UK towns. This West Midlands town counted 10,455 residents and 4,478 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 18% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Pelsall’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Pelsall at 9,800 in 2011 and 9,600 in 2024, down 2%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 91% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Many carers
1,139 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
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.
A −2% change since 2011: slower than 91% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Pelsall’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,800 people in 2011; 9,600 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+7%) and weakest among the 30 to 44 (−9%).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of UK towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 10%, more than in 64% of UK towns. In Aldridge, the oldest of West Midlands’ towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pelsall, 47. 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.
5.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 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%.
Full-time students make up 5% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Only 26% of households have dependent children in Pelsall
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.
With one-person households at 29%, Pelsall is behind 61% of UK towns on that count. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.1%.
Below 67% of UK towns: 23% of households 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
12% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 91% 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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 7.8% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. On the census count, 99% of residents have English as their main language.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 82% of UK towns, at 35%
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 Pelsall · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Mixed or multiple (1.8%), Other White (1.3%) and Indian (1.2%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. 93% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The figure for adults who have never married is 32% in Pelsall and 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%. 364 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 23% of adults in Pelsall (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 25% (England’s towns: 18%).
Ranked by age, 123rd oldest of 455 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Stoke Gifford (27.8) and the oldest Seaton (61). Nearest to Pelsall in age: Whitchurch (47), Penkridge (47), Henley-on-Thames (47) and Ringwood (47).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Pelsall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelsall | 10,455 | — | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 12,844 | 1.2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Clayhanger | 1,698 | 1.3 mi | 42.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Bloxwich | 51,891 | 1.5 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Brownhills | 21,238 | 2 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Aldridge | 15,827 | 2.5 mi | 49 | 28% | 25% |
| Norton Canes | 8,155 | 3 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 29% |
| Stonnall | 1,340 | 3 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Pelsall’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. Pelsall’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 9,626 people in 2021, against 10,455 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 Pelsall’s residents
What is the population of Pelsall?
The 2021 Census counted 10,455 people in Pelsall’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 9,600 people in mid-2024, 2% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Pelsall?
The median age was 47 at the 2021 Census, older than 69% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pelsall?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pelsall?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Pelsall good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pelsall’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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