Photo: Dave Bushell · CC BY-SA 2.0Blackminster is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.8
Households with dependent children make up 13%, against 29% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 117 residents in Blackminster, living in 55 households. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 3.7% in the village. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 27% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 17% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. In Blackminster, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6%, a lower share than 97% 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%.
In Blackminster, 4.6% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
Blackminster ranks below 99% of UK towns on one-person households: 13%
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 1.8% in Blackminster. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
In Blackminster, 67% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
Blackminster: 10% of residents born outside the UK
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (6.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 96%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
72% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% 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: 91% of Blackminster · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91%, below three fifths of UK towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Blackminster ranks above 95% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 58%
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
For 1 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 6.2%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 99% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. With adults who have never married at 29%, Blackminster is behind 71% of UK towns on that count.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Blackminster, 21%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Blackminster is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackminster | 117 | — | 56.8 | 28% | 13% |
| Badsey | 2,722 | 0.8 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 23% |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 1.3 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Offenham | 1,507 | 1.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Evesham | 28,256 | 2.3 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 2.6 mi | 42.2 | 16% | 31% |
| Harvington | 1,717 | 2.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Broadway | 2,719 | 4.5 mi | 56.5 | 37% | 16% |
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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 Blackminster’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 Blackminster’s residents
What is the population of Blackminster?
The 2021 Census counted 117 people in Blackminster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blackminster?
The median age was 56.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blackminster?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blackminster?
27% said they had no religion and 72% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 0% didn’t answer.
Is Blackminster good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blackminster’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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