Photo: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 5.7%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
Households in terraced houses: 6%, below 97% of UK towns. Lower Broadheath had 1,889 residents and 775 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.7. 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Fewer one-person households than in 95% of UK towns: 22%.
Older than 78% of UK towns: half of Lower Broadheath is over 48.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Above 59% of UK towns: 5% of adults are full-time students
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 class, 42% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.2%. Across the comparison, 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.
Larger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Households with dependent children: 29%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. At 2.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in two thirds of UK towns.
2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 96% 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 54% in Lower Broadheath. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment.
Lower Broadheath sits below 83% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.6%)
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 whose main language is English make up 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
61% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% 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: 95% of Lower Broadheath · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 95% in Lower Broadheath. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across Lower Broadheath, 33% of residents said they have no religion.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 90% 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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 48. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Among adults, 37% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Lower Broadheath’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Lower Broadheath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Broadheath | 1,889 | — | 48.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Hallow | 1,427 | 1.4 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 26% |
| Rushwick | 1,195 | 2 mi | 45.6 | 27% | 32% |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 2.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 27% |
| Fernhill Heath | 3,295 | 3.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 3.7 mi | 45 | 22% | 32% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 4.8 mi | 40 | 11% | 39% |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 5.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 30% |
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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 Lower Broadheath’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 Lower Broadheath’s residents
What is the population of Lower Broadheath?
The 2021 Census counted 1,889 people in Lower Broadheath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Broadheath?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Broadheath?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Broadheath?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Broadheath good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Broadheath’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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