Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Belbroughton has 59%. Households without a car or van account for 5.8%. With a median age of 49.4, Belbroughton is older than just over four fifths of UK towns. The village’s 430 households held 971 residents at the 2021 Census.
Fewer young people than 72% of UK towns: 9.1% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Belbroughton. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of full-time students than 84% of UK towns, at 6%
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%.
52% of Belbroughton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children make up 30% in Belbroughton, more than in 74% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Worcestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in flats make up 8.8% in Belbroughton, less than in 61% 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
A quarter of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Census figures put households in detached houses at 27% in Belbroughton. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Belbroughton ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 3.5% in Belbroughton. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2%), then in Africa (0.6%).
Belbroughton sits above 75% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (95%)
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: 95% of Belbroughton · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Caribbean (0.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 79% of UK towns.
Belbroughton ranks below 89% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 14. 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 88% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. At 9.3%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 42% of its adults qualified to degree level, Belbroughton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Belbroughton, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belbroughton | 971 | — | 49.4 | 23% | 30% |
| Hagley | 7,012 | 2.3 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 36% |
| Blakedown | 1,448 | 2.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 32% |
| Romsley | 1,153 | 3 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Catshill | 10,173 | 3.5 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Stourbridge | 56,961 | 4.4 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 26% |
| Bromsgrove | 34,759 | 4.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 30% |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 5.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
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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.
- “Worcestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Worcestershire (or England), summed the same way as Belbroughton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- 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 Belbroughton’s residents
What is the population of Belbroughton?
The 2021 Census counted 971 people in Belbroughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Belbroughton?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Belbroughton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Belbroughton?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Belbroughton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Belbroughton’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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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