Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 80% of UK towns, at 84%
19% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Stourbridge had 56,961 residents and 24,759 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.4 (younger than 51% of UK towns). The share of households in flats stands at 17%. More one-person households than in 72% of UK towns: 33%.
Stourbridge’s population moved +3% on 2011, less than in 71% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Stourbridge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 55,700 people in 2011; 57,400 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+17%) and weakest among the 0 to 15 (−2%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2024: 800 more people.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 65% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.2% of residents. With a median age of 44.4, Stourbridge is younger than 51% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Stourbridge comes in at 23%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Stourbridge, 44.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 82% 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%.
The share of full-time students tops just over three quarters of UK towns: 5.6%. Against that, just over one in ten 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.
26% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 62% 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 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. Each household has 2.3 people on average. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses: 17%, a lower share than 65% 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
Households in detached houses: 26% here and 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house.
Fewer residents whose main language is English than 73% of UK towns: 96%
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
15% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK: 7.4% of the total.
Only 35% of residents said they have no religion in Stourbridge
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: 84% of Stourbridge · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Pakistani (7.2%), Other White (2.4%) and Mixed or multiple (2.2%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Stourbridge, nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 66% of UK towns, at 10%
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
33% of Stourbridge’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 47% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Stourbridge, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
From a median age of 33 in Cradley West & Hayes Lane to 52 in Norton South
The town’s 11 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Norton South is the oldest area, with 32% aged 65 or over; Cradley West & Hayes Lane the youngest (median age 33). Families with children are most common in Cradley West & Hayes Lane (36% of households).
Among 124 UK towns of 40,000 to 77,000 people, the 20th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Canterbury (27.5) and the oldest Lytham St Anne's (54.4). Nearest to Stourbridge in age: Tynemouth (44.3), Washington (44.4), Harrogate (44.5) and Urmston (44.5).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Stourbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stourbridge | 56,961 | — | 44.4 | 23% | 26% |
| Brierley Hill | 32,311 | 1.7 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 29% |
| Hagley | 7,012 | 2.2 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 36% |
| Kingswinford | 51,900 | 2.8 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Cradley Heath | 18,819 | 3.4 mi | 38.2 | 17% | 30% |
| Halesowen | 60,103 | 3.6 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Blakedown | 1,448 | 3.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 32% |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 3.9 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 19% |
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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 Stourbridge’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. Stourbridge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 56,614 people in 2021, against 56,961 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 Stourbridge’s residents
What is the population of Stourbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 56,961 people in Stourbridge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 57,400 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Stourbridge?
The median age was 44.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 51% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stourbridge?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stourbridge?
35% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 7.6% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Stourbridge good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Cradley West & Hayes Lane (36% of households). Schools are on Stourbridge’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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