Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bewdley is over 53.5, older than 94% of UK towns
By its share of households with dependent children (20%), Bewdley is below 95% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 8,285 people lived locally, in 3,961 households. On the census count, just over a third of households are one person living alone. 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 81% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bewdley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bewdley’s residents are under 53.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns, at 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 9.2% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bewdley, 53.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 80% of UK towns: 7.3%
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, 36% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 4.5% of adults are full-time students.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.3%, a lower share than 96% 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.
The average household has 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%.
Households in detached houses make up 33% in Bewdley, more 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
19% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 14%.
2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 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 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
11% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Residents whose main language is English account for 100%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Bewdley, more than in 88% 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: 96% of Bewdley · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.1%). Fewer residents with no religion than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 38%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
In Bewdley, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 82% 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
Married people and civil partners make up 49% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 10%.
Qualified to degree level: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 31% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bewdley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 20% hold no qualification (18%).
26th highest median age among 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000
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 Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Bewdley in age: Caister-on-Sea (53.2), Woodbridge (53.3), Waltham (53.6) and East Wittering (53.7).
Around Bewdley, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bewdley | 8,285 | — | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 2.8 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 3 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 26% |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 3.3 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 23% |
| Waresley | 1,526 | 4.7 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 4.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 6 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
| Highley | 3,305 | 6.1 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Bewdley’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 Bewdley’s residents
What is the population of Bewdley?
The 2021 Census counted 8,285 people in Bewdley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bewdley?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 94% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bewdley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bewdley?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bewdley good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bewdley’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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