Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0Crowle ranks below 98% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.5%
5.4% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.3% of the total. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 66%, more than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Crowle’s population at 1,135, in 467 households.
What the Census says about Crowle’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Crowle’s residents are under 50.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% 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 median age of 50.2: Crowle is older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26% here and 18% across England’s towns. For Crowle, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 6.3%
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%.
In Crowle, 50% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 5.2% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Crowle, 20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Crowle comes in at 31%. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Crowle sits above 98% of UK towns for households in detached houses (65%)
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
In Crowle, 7.3% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Crowle, 2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in Africa (0.4%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 95% of UK towns, at 61%
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 Crowle · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 33% here and 37% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Adults who have never married make up 21% in Crowle, less than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers make up 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
48% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
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 Crowle, 48%, and 9.2% have none, against 18%.
Around Crowle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowle | 1,135 | — | 50.2 | 26% | 31% |
| Fernhill Heath | 3,295 | 4.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 4.5 mi | 40 | 11% | 39% |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 4.5 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 27% |
| Droitwich Spa | 26,413 | 4.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 27% |
| Drakes Broughton | 1,813 | 4.6 mi | 46 | 22% | 31% |
| Inkberrow | 1,817 | 5.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 27% |
| Wychbold | 2,005 | 6.2 mi | 41 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Crowle’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 Crowle’s residents
What is the population of Crowle?
The 2021 Census counted 1,135 people in Crowle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crowle?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crowle?
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 Crowle?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Crowle good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crowle’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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