Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
In Lower Heath, three in five residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 86% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 351 residents in 141 households. For Lower Heath, the census puts unpaid carers at 13%.
In Lower Heath, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 19% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. What’s more, half of Lower Heath’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 58% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 94% 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%.
In Lower Heath, just over a fifth of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Here, 5% of adults are full-time students.
Bigger households than 86% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
By its share of one-person households (31%), Lower Heath is above 62% of UK towns. Households with dependent children account for 29%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
6.2% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 15% in Lower Heath. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
In Lower Heath, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 72% 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 share of residents born outside the UK trails 66% of UK towns: 4.8%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.3%), then in Africa (0.3%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns: 32%
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: 73% of Lower Heath · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents who describe themselves as White British: 73%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 61% 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
Married adults and civil partners make up 45%, against 44% across England’s towns. For 16 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Qualified to degree level: 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Lower Heath counts 21% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 39% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as young as Lower Heath
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 Heath | 351 | — | 43.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 0.8 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Waresley | 1,526 | 1.6 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 3.6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 3.8 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 26% |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 5.5 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 23% |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 6.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Blakedown | 1,448 | 6.3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Lower Heath’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 Heath’s residents
What is the population of Lower Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 351 people in Lower Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Heath?
The median age was 43.5 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Heath?
73% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Heath?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Heath good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Heath’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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