Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 97% of UK towns: 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
In Eardiston, 13% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. The village had 341 residents and 141 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.1. 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 23% of households are one person living alone.
Older than 80% of UK towns: half of Eardiston is over 49.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 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.
Full-time students make up 3.7% in Eardiston, less than in 92% 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%.
6.2% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.4 people per household, more than in 82% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Eardiston has 2.8%. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 61% of UK towns.
Eardiston: 52% of households live in a detached house, above 92% 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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 9.2% in Eardiston and 24% across England’s towns. Lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 10% of households have no car or van. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.5% in Eardiston, less than in 84% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.2%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.3%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 80% of UK towns.
Eardiston ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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 Eardiston · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, two in five residents said they have no religion here. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across Eardiston, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 82% of UK towns: 53%
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 figure for adults who have never married is 29% in Eardiston and 39% across England’s towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 13 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Eardiston (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Eardiston is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eardiston | 341 | — | 49.1 | 24% | 26% |
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | 4.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 6.3 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 6.9 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 7.1 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Bromyard | 3,816 | 9 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Waresley | 1,526 | 9.1 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 9.7 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 26% |
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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 Eardiston’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 Eardiston’s residents
What is the population of Eardiston?
The 2021 Census counted 341 people in Eardiston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eardiston?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eardiston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eardiston?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Eardiston good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eardiston’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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