Photo: John G Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 2.6% in Bordesley, less than in 99% of UK towns
One-person households: 17% here and 30% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 83% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Bordesley had 303 residents and 114 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.7. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 68% here.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9%, a lower share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 65–69 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of Bordesley’s residents are over 49.7, older than in 83% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Bordesley, 42% and 15%. More full-time students than in 85% of UK towns: 6.1%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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.
Families with dependent children are 30% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 7.9% are someone 66 or over living alone (Worcestershire’s towns 14%). Here, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 80% of households
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
Bordesley: 7.9% of residents were born outside the UK, above 63% 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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (97%), Bordesley is below 63% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.6%) and in EU countries (2%).
Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Bordesley
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: 83% of Bordesley · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Indian (6%), Mixed or multiple (4.3%) and Other White (2.3%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 51%, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Bordesley, less than in 95% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 93% of UK towns: 11%.
40% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Bordesley, 40%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Bordesley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordesley | 303 | — | 49.7 | 27% | 30% |
| Redditch | 81,634 | 2 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 2 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 30% |
| Blackwell | 1,209 | 3.3 mi | 50.1 | 24% | 30% |
| Barnt Green | 3,821 | 3.3 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 27% |
| Studley | 6,039 | 4.3 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Wythall | 2,077 | 4.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Astwood Bank | 3,248 | 4.7 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Bordesley’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 Bordesley’s residents
What is the population of Bordesley?
The 2021 Census counted 303 people in Bordesley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bordesley?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bordesley?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bordesley?
32% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 5% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Bordesley good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bordesley’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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