Photo: Gordon Griffiths · CC BY-SA 2.0In Sedgley, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 87% of UK towns
14% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Sedgley had 31,976 residents in 13,931 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2% in the town. Households in flats are more common here than in 65% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Sedgley’s people
Many carers
3,422 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 91% 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.
+2% since 2011: slower than 74% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Sedgley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 31,800 people in 2011; 32,600 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2013 to mid-2014: 290 people. Of the age groups, 0 to 15 changed most (+7%) and 16 to 29 least (−9%).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Sedgley, more than in 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.9% of residents. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in Sedgley is 45.7, higher than in 59% 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+
■ Sedgley, 45.7. 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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns: 5.9%
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%.
4.7% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 60% of UK towns: 26%
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.
Census figures put one-person households at 31% in Sedgley. The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
19% of households have no car or van, more than in 69% 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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 27% of households live in a detached house here. By contrast, every 5th household or so has no car or van.
Only 3.5% of Sedgley’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 16%. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Across Sedgley, 98% of residents have English as their main language.
Below 82% of UK towns: 35% of residents said they have no religion
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: 92% of Sedgley · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.2%), Indian (1.8%) and Other White (1.5%). To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 92%, against 73% across England’s towns.
Above 91% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care
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
Some 1,063 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 34% here and 39% across England’s towns.
24% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Sedgley’s adults: 24% with a degree-level qualification and 23% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 41 in Upper Gornal & Ruiton to 52 in Sedgley West
The town’s 6 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Sedgley West is the oldest area, with 34% aged 65 or over; Upper Gornal & Ruiton the youngest (median age 41). Families with children are most common in Dibdale (33% of households).
Among 217 UK towns of 22,000 to 43,000 people, the 40th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Hatfield is the youngest (30.3); Rustington the oldest (56.2). Nearest to Sedgley in age: Ascot (45.6), Royton (45.7), Chandler's Ford (45.7) and Cramlington (45.8).
Sedgley and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Sedgley’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. Sedgley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 32,193 people in 2021, against 31,976 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 Sedgley’s residents
What is the population of Sedgley?
The 2021 Census counted 31,976 people in Sedgley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 32,600 people in mid-2024, 2% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Sedgley?
The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 59% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sedgley?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sedgley?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Sedgley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Dibdale (33% of households). Schools are on Sedgley’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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