Photo: Tony Hisgett · CC BY 2.0Tipton is younger than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 36.6
The share of residents with no religion is 32%, against 37% across England’s towns. There were 18,359 households in Tipton at the 2021 Census, home to 47,202 residents. The census found that 13% of households live in a detached house here. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 92% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tipton’s people
A town of families
35% of Tipton’s 18,359 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A mix of backgrounds
36% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 96% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Indian (9.4%), Other White (5.7%) and Pakistani (4.6%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Tipton’s residents are under 36.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
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 +13% change since 2011: faster than 69% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Tipton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 41,600 people in 2011; 46,800 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2012 to mid-2013: 960 people. The 45 to 64 age group moved most (+26%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (−1%).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns, at 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 12%. The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 7.4% of residents. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tipton, 36.6. 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.1%, a lower share than 83% 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%.
By class, 18% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 36% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 7.2% of adults are full-time students. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Families with children: 35% of households, more than in 94% 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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Tipton. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 54% of UK towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households without a car or van than 94% of UK towns, at 29%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment, about the same as across England’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 22% in Tipton. Every 3th household or so has no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English: 88%, a lower share than 95% 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
Residents born outside the UK are about as common here as across England’s towns: 18%. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (7.8%) and in EU countries (5.9%).
64% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
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: 64% of Tipton · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Indian (9.4%), Other White (5.7%) and Pakistani (4.6%). Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Tipton sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 44%.
In Tipton, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 86% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 1,634. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 9.7%, more than in 60% of UK towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 20% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Tipton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 31% have none (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 15%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
From a median age of 34 in Ocker Hill to 50 in Wednesbury
The town’s 7 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Wednesbury is the oldest area, with 28% aged 65 or over; Ocker Hill the youngest (median age 34). Families with children are most common in Ocker Hill (41% of households).
Of 156 UK towns its size (33,000 to 64,000 people), the 15th youngest
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 Rustington (56.2). Nearest to Tipton in age: Bloxwich (36.3), Royal Leamington Spa (36.3), Eccles (36.8) and Aldershot (37).
Tipton sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton | 47,202 | — | 36.6 | 14% | 35% |
| Coseley | 25,206 | 1.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 29% |
| Bilston | 34,631 | 2.2 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 36% |
| Rowley Regis | 39,052 | 2.3 mi | 37.6 | 16% | 34% |
| Darlaston | 21,541 | 2.4 mi | 33.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Wednesbury | 20,321 | 2.5 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 33% |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 2.6 mi | 36.4 | 15% | 33% |
| Sedgley | 31,976 | 2.9 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 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 Tipton’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. Tipton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 46,222 people in 2021, against 47,202 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 Tipton’s residents
What is the population of Tipton?
The 2021 Census counted 47,202 people in Tipton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 46,800 people in mid-2024, 13% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Tipton?
The median age was 36.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 93% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tipton?
64% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tipton?
32% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 8.6% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Tipton good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Ocker Hill (41% of households). Schools are on Tipton’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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