Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ryall is over 59, older than 99% of UK towns
Households in terraced houses: 3.8%, below 98% of UK towns. On the census count, 18% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The 2021 Census put Ryall’s population at 962, in 453 households.
40% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 75–79, with nearly one in ten residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.7%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Ryall has 42% and 17%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Ryall households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 95% of UK towns
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 share of one-person households is 28%, against 30% across England’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
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
The share of households in detached houses is 65%, against 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. Locally, nearly one in ten households have no car or van.
Above 98% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in Africa (0.7%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Ryall sits lower than 85% of UK towns: 3.4%.
Ryall ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 62%
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: 97% of Ryall · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 97% in Ryall. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 92% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.2%).
Below 99% of UK towns: 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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: 24. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 56%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 90% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Ryall’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Ryall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryall | 962 | — | 59 | 40% | 18% |
| Upton upon Severn | 2,403 | 0.7 mi | 54.1 | 31% | 16% |
| Twyning | 1,079 | 3.3 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Eckington | 1,256 | 4 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 21% |
| Welland | 1,309 | 4 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 32% |
| Bredon | 2,071 | 4.7 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 26% |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 5.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 30% |
| Malvern Wells | 1,757 | 5.6 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 20% |
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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 Ryall’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 Ryall’s residents
What is the population of Ryall?
The 2021 Census counted 962 people in Ryall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ryall?
The median age was 59 at the 2021 Census. 5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ryall?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ryall?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Ryall good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ryall’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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