Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wyre Piddle is over 53, older than 94% of UK towns
Just over three in five households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 1.5% of the total. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 615 people lived in Wyre Piddle, in 273 households.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Wyre Piddle, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.8%, a lower share than 69% 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%.
At 8%, full-time students sit close to the figure across England’s towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 80% of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children
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 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 2.9% here, more than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 94% of UK towns: 7.4%
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
Nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 60% of UK towns: 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%) and in EU countries (2.6%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 7.1%, against 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns, at 59%
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: 93% of Wyre Piddle · Worcestershire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.3%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. On residents with no religion, Wyre Piddle sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 35%. Still, residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 93% of UK towns, at 11%
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 share of married adults and civil partners is 53%, against 44% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 14 residents.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
36% of Wyre Piddle’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%). A levels are as far as 19% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Wyre Piddle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyre Piddle | 615 | — | 53 | 28% | 24% |
| Pershore | 8,207 | 1.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Drakes Broughton | 1,813 | 2.3 mi | 46 | 22% | 31% |
| Eckington | 1,256 | 4.5 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 21% |
| Evesham | 28,256 | 5.3 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Harvington | 1,717 | 5.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Offenham | 1,507 | 5.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Crowle | 1,135 | 5.9 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 31% |
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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 Wyre Piddle’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 Wyre Piddle’s residents
What is the population of Wyre Piddle?
The 2021 Census counted 615 people in Wyre Piddle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wyre Piddle?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wyre Piddle?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Worcestershire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wyre Piddle?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wyre Piddle good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wyre Piddle’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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