Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in detached houses than 92% of UK towns: 11%
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Pheasey comes in at 32%. At the 2021 Census Pheasey was home to 9,498 people in 3,911 households. Locally, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 82%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
From 2011 to 2024, 55% of UK towns grew faster than Pheasey: +6%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Pheasey’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,400 people in 2011; 10,000 in 2024.
Split by age, the 30 to 44 changed most (+22%) and the 65 and over least (−9%). The steepest year was mid-2011 to mid-2012, up 230 people.
A median age of 41.3: Pheasey is younger than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.7% of residents. At 19%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 71% of UK towns. Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pheasey comes in at 11%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pheasey, 41.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Pheasey has 30% and 27%. Full-time students are more common here than in 87% of UK towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 81% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Pheasey has 27%.
A higher share of households in terraced houses than 79% of UK towns, at 28%
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
Households in flats: 8.2%, below nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house. In Pheasey, 15% of households have no car or van.
97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 63% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%) and in EU countries (2.3%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 14% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 85% of UK towns: 34%
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: 82% of Pheasey · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Indian (5.3%), Mixed or multiple (3.2%) and Other White (2.6%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 68% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married make up 36% in Pheasey, more than in 69% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 243 residents. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
Among adults, 24% 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 Pheasey, 24%, and 21% have none, against 18%. A levels are the highest qualification of 19%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
93rd lowest median age among 413 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Seaton (61). Nearest to Pheasey in age: Queensbury (41.3), Elworth (41.3), Ashford Common (41.3) and Shepton Mallet (41.4).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Pheasey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pheasey | 9,498 | — | 41.3 | 19% | 32% |
| Streetly | 16,790 | 1.8 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 28% |
| Royal Sutton Coldfield | 93,392 | 3.4 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Walsall | 70,777 | 3.4 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 36% |
| Aldridge | 15,827 | 3.5 mi | 49 | 28% | 25% |
| West Bromwich | 103,099 | 3.5 mi | 37.9 | 15% | 34% |
| Wednesbury | 20,321 | 4.4 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 33% |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 12,844 | 4.4 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Pheasey’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. Pheasey’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 9,762 people in 2021, against 9,498 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 Pheasey’s residents
What is the population of Pheasey?
The 2021 Census counted 9,498 people in Pheasey’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 10,000 people in mid-2024, 6% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Pheasey?
The median age was 41.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 73% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pheasey?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pheasey?
34% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pheasey good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pheasey’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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