Photo: Bob Embleton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Powick is over 60.5
Households average 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 27% of residents said they have no religion. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 6.9% of households live in a terraced house. Powick counted 405 residents and 205 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 41% in Powick, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.2%, Powick is behind 99% 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Full-time students: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Powick, 33% and 26%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. In Powick, 8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 99% of UK towns: 11% of households have dependent children
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.
2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 31%, more than in 62% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 11% in Powick, less than in 74% 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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 6.9% of households live in a flat or apartment here. By way of comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households live in a detached house.
More residents born outside the UK than 70% of UK towns: 9.1%
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: 97% here and 90% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%) and in EU countries (2.5%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 65%, a higher share than 98% 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: 90% of Powick · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (5.4%), Indian (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).
Powick ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 21%
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
One in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Powick, 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
28% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 28% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 21% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Powick are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powick | 405 | — | 60.5 | 41% | 11% |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 0.7 mi | 45 | 22% | 32% |
| Rushwick | 1,195 | 1.7 mi | 45.6 | 27% | 32% |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 1.9 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 30% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 2.2 mi | 40 | 11% | 39% |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 2.8 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 27% |
| Lower Broadheath | 1,889 | 3.6 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Great Malvern | 33,194 | 4.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 22% |
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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 Powick’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 Powick’s residents
What is the population of Powick?
The 2021 Census counted 405 people in Powick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Powick?
The median age was 60.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Powick?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 9.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Powick?
27% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Powick good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Powick’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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