Oak House, The Court House and the Old School House · Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Wolverley is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.7
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 59% in Wolverley and 46% across England’s towns. For Wolverley, the census puts households in terraced houses at 5.7%. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Wolverley was home to 1,208 people in 547 households.
What the Census says about Wolverley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wolverley’s residents are under 53.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
178 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 15% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 9.1% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Wolverley, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Only 5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Wolverley
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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Wolverley has 5.5%. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 84% 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 average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in just over half of UK towns. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Only 19% of households live in a detached house in Wolverley
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 without a car or van are rarer here than in 53% of UK towns. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that 11% of households live in a flat or apartment in Wolverley.
In Wolverley, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Wolverley it is 3.1%. To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) or in EU countries (1%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Wolverley, more than in 94% 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: 97% of Wolverley · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (0.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.7%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 15%
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
For 75 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across the comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%).
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wolverley counts 24% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 27% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Wolverley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverley | 1,208 | — | 53.7 | 35% | 23% |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 1.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 1.9 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 26% |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 3.1 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 3.3 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Blakedown | 1,448 | 3.6 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 32% |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 4.9 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 5 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 20% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Wolverley’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 Wolverley’s residents
What is the population of Wolverley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,208 people in Wolverley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wolverley?
The median age was 53.7 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wolverley?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wolverley?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Wolverley good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wolverley’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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