Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns, at 4.9%
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 7.6% in Rushwick. The village had 1,195 residents in 474 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households with dependent children at 32% locally. More married adults and civil partners than in 85% of UK towns: 54%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of UK towns: 8.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.6, Rushwick is older than 58% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Rushwick, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 71% of UK towns: 4.4% 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%.
43% of Rushwick’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of UK towns: 23%
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 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.1%.
1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% 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
46% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Rushwick: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 4.9% in Rushwick and 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (0.9%).
Above 72% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Rushwick · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Rushwick has 40%. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 53% locally.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns, at 26%
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 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 7.7%. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of adults in Rushwick (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Rushwick sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushwick | 1,195 | — | 45.6 | 27% | 32% |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 1.8 mi | 45 | 22% | 32% |
| Lower Broadheath | 1,889 | 2 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 2.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 27% |
| Hallow | 1,427 | 3.1 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 26% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 3.3 mi | 40 | 11% | 39% |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 3.5 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 30% |
| Fernhill Heath | 3,295 | 4.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 29% |
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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 Rushwick’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 Rushwick’s residents
What is the population of Rushwick?
The 2021 Census counted 1,195 people in Rushwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rushwick?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rushwick?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rushwick?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Rushwick good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rushwick’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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