Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park · Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0In Streetly, 4.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
A quarter of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Streetly was home to 16,790 people in 6,755 households. Locally, 24% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 8.9% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Streetly’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Streetly at 17,300 in 2011 and 17,200 in 2024, down 1%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 89% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
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.
Slower than most: −1% since 2011, behind 89% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Streetly’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 17,300 people in 2011; 17,200 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 0 to 15 changed most (+8%) and 16 to 29 least (−17%).
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Streetly is over 48.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.7% of residents. Lower than in 72% of UK towns: 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 18% across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Streetly, 48.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns, at 6.4%
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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students: 5.2% of the total. Across the comparison, 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.
Streetly households average 2.5 people, larger than in 87% 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.
In Streetly, 28% of households have dependent children. Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
More detached houses than 83% of UK towns: 44% of households
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
Across Streetly, one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 95% of residents have English as their main language in Streetly
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
9.5% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (5.5%) and in EU countries (2.1%). As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Streetly sits above 78% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (55%)
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: 74% of Streetly · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Indian (13%), Other White (2.8%) and Mixed or multiple (2.2%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 74% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 89% of UK towns.
Streetly ranks above 97% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 59%
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 unpaid carers is 10% in Streetly and 8.7% across England’s towns. In Streetly, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
37% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Streetly’s adults: 37% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 45 in Streetly South to 52 in Aldridge South
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.
Aldridge South is the oldest area, with 28% aged 65 or over; Streetly South the youngest (median age 45). Families with children are most common in Streetly South (30% of households).
Ranked by age, 51st oldest of 336 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Streetly in age: Crowborough (48.2), Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe (48.3), Clevedon (48.3) and Maghull (48.4).
Around Streetly, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streetly | 16,790 | — | 48.3 | 26% | 28% |
| Pheasey | 9,498 | 1.8 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 32% |
| Aldridge | 15,827 | 2.4 mi | 49 | 28% | 25% |
| Royal Sutton Coldfield | 93,392 | 2.7 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Stonnall | 1,340 | 3.7 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 12,844 | 3.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Walsall | 70,777 | 3.9 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 36% |
| Shenstone | 2,196 | 4.5 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 26% |
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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 Streetly’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. Streetly’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 17,066 people in 2021, against 16,790 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 Streetly’s residents
What is the population of Streetly?
The 2021 Census counted 16,790 people in Streetly’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 17,200 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Streetly?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 76% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Streetly?
74% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Streetly?
24% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.6% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Streetly good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Streetly South (30% of households). Schools are on Streetly’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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