Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0In Barwell, 44% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 73% of UK towns
In Barwell, a quarter of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. There were 4,078 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 9,149 residents. Here, 24% of households live in a detached house. On adults who have never married, Barwell sits higher than 63% of UK towns: 34%.
A +1% change since 2011: slower than 78% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Barwell’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,100 people in 2011; 9,200 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +39% for the 65 and over to −18% for the 16 to 29. The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2016 to mid-2017: 90 people.
Younger than 58% of UK towns: half of Barwell is under 43.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 21%, against 18% across England’s towns. In Barwell, 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Barwell, 43.4. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Barwell ranks below 86% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.9%
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 account for 26% of Barwell’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 32%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.5% of the total.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 68% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone here. On the census count, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 14% of households in Barwell 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
Across Barwell, 20% of households live in a terraced house. Set against 23% across England’s towns, 11% of households live in a flat or apartment locally.
Residents born outside the UK: 5.6%, a lower share than 58% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in Africa (1%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 7.7% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 58% of UK towns: 49%
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 Barwell · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.7%). Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns.
In Barwell, 9.7% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 59% 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
Married adults and civil partners are about as common here as across England’s towns: 44%. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison. 276 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Qualified to degree level: 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 22% of adults in Barwell, 34% across England’s towns; 22% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, the 182nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Barwell in age: Barnoldswick (43.4), Immingham (43.4), Clay Cross (43.5) and Sandiacre (43.5).
Barwell is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barwell | 9,149 | — | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 1.3 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 26% |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 2.4 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Stoke Golding | 2,004 | 2.8 mi | 51.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 2.9 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 3.5 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 3.9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 25% |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 4.1 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Leicestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Leicestershire (or England), summed the same way as Barwell’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Barwell’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 9,149 people in 2021, against 9,149 in the built-up area.
- 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 Barwell’s residents
What is the population of Barwell?
The 2021 Census counted 9,149 people in Barwell’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 9,200 people in mid-2024, 1% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Barwell?
The median age was 43.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 58% of UK towns. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barwell?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barwell?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Barwell good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barwell’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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