Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 1.4%
Households in detached houses make up 48%, against 21% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 8.1% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,427 residents and 629 households in Hallow. 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A median age of 48.3: Hallow is older than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 26% in Hallow. Across Hallow, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Hallow ranks above 78% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.7%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8.4% in Hallow and 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 71% of UK towns, at 27%
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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here, just over a quarter of households have dependent children.
Only 11% of households live in a terraced house in Hallow
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in Hallow. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.9%, a lower share than 79% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Hallow sits higher than 63% of UK towns: 98%.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 67% 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: 94% of Hallow · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.8%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 75% of UK towns.
Hallow: 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 84% 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
By its share of adults who have never married (28%), Hallow is below 78% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 41% of adults in Hallow, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Around Hallow, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallow | 1,427 | — | 48.3 | 26% | 26% |
| Lower Broadheath | 1,889 | 1.4 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Fernhill Heath | 3,295 | 2.5 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 2.8 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 27% |
| Rushwick | 1,195 | 3.1 mi | 45.6 | 27% | 32% |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 4.9 mi | 45 | 22% | 32% |
| Droitwich Spa | 26,413 | 4.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 27% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 5.2 mi | 40 | 11% | 39% |
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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 Hallow’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 Hallow’s residents
What is the population of Hallow?
The 2021 Census counted 1,427 people in Hallow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hallow?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hallow?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hallow?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hallow good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hallow’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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