Photo: Alan Marriott · CC BY 2.5Redditch is younger than 81% of UK towns: a median age of 39.9
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 27% of households live in a terraced house here. At the 2021 Census Redditch was home to 81,634 people in 34,094 households. For Redditch, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 82%. On adults who have never married, Redditch sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 36%.
Redditch’s population moved +4% on 2011, less than in 65% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Redditch’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 79,800 people in 2011; 83,200 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2014 to mid-2015, up 600 people.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 74% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
On residents aged 65 and over, 18% here is much the same as across England’s towns. 30–34 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Redditch, 39.9. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 64% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 29% of Redditch’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 30%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Redditch, 5% of adults are full-time students. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 75% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Households with dependent children: 30%, above 75% of UK towns. Across Redditch, 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 28%, the share of one-person households is lower than in two thirds of UK towns.
A larger share of households in flats than 72% of UK towns: 15%
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 quarter of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 18%.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 80% of UK towns: 12%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (7.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). 92% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 88% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 17% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
In Redditch, 40% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 56% 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: 82% of Redditch · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 48% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 4.4% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 65% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 2,261 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Qualified to degree level: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Redditch counts 25% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 21% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 34 in Greenlands to 46 in Crabbs Cross
The town’s 13 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Crabbs Cross is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; Greenlands the youngest (median age 34). Families with children are most common in Greenlands (38% of households).
Ranked by age, 44th oldest of 87 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Salford (29.8), the youngest, and Paignton (48.4), the oldest. Nearest to Redditch in age: Wakefield (39.8), Barnsley (39.9), Chester (40) and Nuneaton (40.1).
The towns around Redditch are all 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redditch | 81,634 | — | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Studley | 6,039 | 2.4 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Astwood Bank | 3,248 | 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 30% |
| Blackwell | 1,209 | 4.9 mi | 50.1 | 24% | 30% |
| Barnt Green | 3,821 | 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 27% |
| Wythall | 2,077 | 5.8 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Bromsgrove | 34,759 | 5.9 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 30% |
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 Redditch’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Redditch’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 82,369 people in 2021, against 81,634 in the built-up area.
- 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 Redditch’s residents
What is the population of Redditch?
The 2021 Census counted 81,634 people in Redditch’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 83,200 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Redditch?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 81% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Redditch?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Redditch?
40% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Redditch good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Greenlands (38% of households). Schools are on Redditch’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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