Photo: Geoff Gartside · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Fairfield is over 55.2
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Fairfield comes in at 58%. 964 residents in 420 households: that is Fairfield at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in flats at 1.4% in the village. The village has fewer households with dependent children than 93% of UK towns, at 20%.
Above 93% of UK towns: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.8%, Fairfield is behind 94% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 79% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 4.7% in Fairfield and 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fairfield sits below 86% of UK towns for one-person households (25%)
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: 3.1% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Fairfield sits below 97% of UK towns for households without a car or van (6%)
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 make up 7.8%, against 24% across England’s towns. One household in 17 has no car or van.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
In Fairfield, 3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Fairfield ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 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: 94% of Fairfield · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (1.4%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 70% of UK towns: 94%.
More married adults and civil partners than 94% of UK towns: 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
The share of adults who have never married trails 91% of UK towns: 25%. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 11% of residents give unpaid care.
A degree-level qualification for 37% 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 Fairfield, 16%, while 37% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Fairfield has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 964 | — | 55.2 | 31% | 20% |
| Catshill | 10,173 | 1.3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Bromsgrove | 34,759 | 2.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 30% |
| Blackwell | 1,209 | 3.2 mi | 50.1 | 24% | 30% |
| Romsley | 1,153 | 3.2 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Barnt Green | 3,821 | 3.5 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 27% |
| Hagley | 7,012 | 4.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 36% |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 4.8 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 30% |
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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 Fairfield’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 Fairfield’s residents
What is the population of Fairfield?
The 2021 Census counted 964 people in Fairfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fairfield?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fairfield?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fairfield?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Fairfield good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fairfield’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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