Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Wick is over 61.6
8.1% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 24% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 57%, more than in 94% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 364 residents in Wick, living in 174 households.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 43%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with just over one in ten residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Wick, 5.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Wick sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.3%)
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 take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.2% in Wick.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 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.
Households average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 72% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.4% of households have no car or van
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 terraced houses: 6.3%, below 96% of UK towns. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%. Wick has fewer households in flats than 91% of UK towns, at 3.4%.
In Wick, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
Born outside the UK: 5.8% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in Africa (0.8%).
Wick ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 67%
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: 96% of Wick · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
96% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Adults who have never married: 17% here and 39% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents give unpaid care in Wick.
Degree-level qualifications reach 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Wick’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Wick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wick | 364 | — | 61.6 | 43% | 8.1% |
| Pershore | 8,207 | 1.1 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Eckington | 1,256 | 2.3 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 21% |
| Drakes Broughton | 1,813 | 2.9 mi | 46 | 22% | 31% |
| Bredon | 2,071 | 4.9 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 26% |
| Twyning | 1,079 | 5.5 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Evesham | 28,256 | 5.7 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Upton upon Severn | 2,403 | 6.5 mi | 54.1 | 31% | 16% |
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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 Wick’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 Wick’s residents
What is the population of Wick?
The 2021 Census counted 364 people in Wick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wick?
The median age was 61.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 43% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wick?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wick?
24% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wick good for families?
8.1% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wick’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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