Photo: Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 59.1: Luston is older than 99% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 16%, against 29% across England’s towns. 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 98% of UK towns: 4.4%. At the 2021 Census, 529 people lived in Luston, in 249 households.
Luston sits above 98% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 13% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% here, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% 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%.
In Luston, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 93% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Luston. One-person households: 27% of the total.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 71% of households
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Luston, 10%. Still, 0.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 71% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 82% of UK towns, at 99%
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 of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Luston has 4.7%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Luston ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 62%
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: 94% of Luston · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 31% in Luston.
Adults who have never married: 20%, a lower share than 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
11% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. On the census count, 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A degree-level qualification for 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Luston counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Luston is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luston | 529 | — | 59.1 | 37% | 16% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 2.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 7.5 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 7.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 8.8 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 10.6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Bromyard | 3,816 | 11.4 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Luston’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 Luston’s residents
What is the population of Luston?
The 2021 Census counted 529 people in Luston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Luston?
The median age was 59.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Luston?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Luston?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Luston good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Luston’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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