Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 34% in Lucton, more than in 91% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. There were 68 households in Lucton at the 2021 Census, home to 190 residents. Here, 57% of households live in a detached house.
A median age of 42: Lucton is younger than 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Across Lucton, 13% 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 15% in Lucton, more than in 96% 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%.
Two fifths of Lucton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Lucton, the census puts full-time students at 9.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Lucton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 76% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
In Lucton, 12% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 84% of UK towns
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
With households in flats at 7.5%, Lucton is behind 69% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns: 93%
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 (6.3%) and in EU countries (3.1%). At 16%, the share of residents born outside the UK is higher than in 88% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 80% of UK towns: 55%
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: 89% of Lucton · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Lucton sits lower than 84% of UK towns: 35%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (6.4%), Chinese (2.1%) and Indian (1.6%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 81% of UK towns: 53%
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
3 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On adults who have never married, Lucton sits lower than just over three fifths of UK towns: 31%. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Unpaid carers make up 8.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Lucton, 49%, and 7.8% have none, against 18%. Many still at university: 15% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Every nearby town is older than Lucton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucton | 190 | — | 42 | 20% | 34% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 4.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 7.6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 8.2 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 8.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 9.8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 10.1 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 10.6 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 19% |
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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.
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Lucton’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 Lucton’s residents
What is the population of Lucton?
The 2021 Census counted 190 people in Lucton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lucton?
The median age was 42 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lucton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lucton?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Lucton good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lucton’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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