Photo: O O'Brien · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Far Forest is over 54.8
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 50% of households live in a detached house in Far Forest. At the 2021 Census, 709 people lived here, in 292 households. Across Far Forest, 3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment. More unpaid carers than in 91% of UK towns: 11%.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 full-time students than 91% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (5.9%), Far Forest is below 97% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 93% of UK towns, at 21%
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.
29% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.7%, more than in 68% of UK towns.
Far Forest ranks below 95% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 7%
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 91% of UK towns: 3%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 95% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Far Forest, more than in 97% 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: 97% of Far Forest · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 56%, Far Forest is ahead of 83% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, 38% of residents said they have no religion.
Far Forest ranks below 74% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 29%
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
Married people and civil partners make up 49% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Some 17 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 25% of its adults qualified to degree level, Far Forest compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 27% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Far Forest, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far Forest | 709 | — | 54.8 | 31% | 21% |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 3.4 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | 3.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 5.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Highley | 3,305 | 5.5 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 6.2 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 23% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 6.4 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 6.4 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 Far Forest’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 Far Forest’s residents
What is the population of Far Forest?
The 2021 Census counted 709 people in Far Forest’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Far Forest?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Far Forest?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Far Forest?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Far Forest good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Far Forest’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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