Photo: Peter Whatley · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 18%
In Whittington, 64% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. There were 92 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 212 residents. For Whittington, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 61%. 63% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 97% of UK towns.
A median age of 50.8: Whittington is older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Whittington is above 67% of UK towns. On the census count, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 83% 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%.
4.9% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 72% of UK towns: 25%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Whittington comes in at 2.2%. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
Only 5.4% of households have no car or van in Whittington
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. For Whittington, the census puts households in terraced houses at 13%.
Whittington sits below 53% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Whittington comes in at 6.1%.
Whittington sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
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 Whittington · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Whittington has 32%. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 98% of UK towns.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Whittington’s adults: 42% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Whittington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittington | 212 | — | 50.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 0.9 mi | 40 | 11% | 39% |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 2.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 27% |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 2.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 30% |
| Rushwick | 1,195 | 3.5 mi | 45.6 | 27% | 32% |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 3.5 mi | 45 | 22% | 32% |
| Crowle | 1,135 | 3.6 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 31% |
| Fernhill Heath | 3,295 | 4.1 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 Whittington’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 Whittington’s residents
What is the population of Whittington?
The 2021 Census counted 212 people in Whittington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whittington?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whittington?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whittington?
32% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Whittington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whittington’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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