Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer one-person households than 93% of UK towns: 23%
Households with dependent children make up 32%, against 29% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 49%, more than in 89% of UK towns. Blakedown’s 580 households held 1,448 residents at the 2021 Census. 31% of residents said they have no religion.
A median age of 46.2: Blakedown is older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Blakedown has 23%. On the census count, 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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 larger share of full-time students than 85% of UK towns: 6.1%
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%.
8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 90% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6% here and 4.3% across England’s towns.
Blakedown ranks below 91% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 8.2%
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
Households in terraced houses: 10% here and 24% across England’s towns. One household in 12 has no car or van. Few places have so few households in flats: 8.9% here, fewer than in 61% of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.8% in Blakedown, less than in 94% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%) and in EU countries (0.8%).
61% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% 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: 94% of Blakedown · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (2.6%), Other White (1.2%) and Indian (0.8%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 62% of UK towns: 94%.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 91% 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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Blakedown. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 41.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Blakedown’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 17%.
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Blakedown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakedown | 1,448 | — | 46.2 | 23% | 32% |
| Hagley | 7,012 | 1.9 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 36% |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 2.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 3.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 26% |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 3.6 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 23% |
| Stourbridge | 56,961 | 3.7 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 26% |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 4 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Romsley | 1,153 | 5.1 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 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.
- “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 Blakedown’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 Blakedown’s residents
What is the population of Blakedown?
The 2021 Census counted 1,448 people in Blakedown’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blakedown?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blakedown?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blakedown?
31% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Blakedown good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blakedown’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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