Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bitteswell is over 54.3, older than 96% of UK towns
4% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Fewer adults who have never married than in 99% of UK towns: 21%. In 2021, the Census found 531 residents in Bitteswell, living in 195 households. Here, 72% of households live in a detached house.
Above 92% of UK towns: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total.
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.
Bitteswell ranks below 71% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.8%
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%.
By class, 45% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 8.4% in Bitteswell.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
The figure for one-person households is 25% in Bitteswell and 30% across England’s towns. Here, 4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 5.1% of households live in a terraced house in Bitteswell
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 2.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Bitteswell. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
Only 2.8% of Bitteswell’s residents were born outside the UK
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
With residents whose main language is English at 99%, Bitteswell is ahead of 94% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (0.9%) and in Africa (0.9%).
62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% 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: 96% of Bitteswell · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 85% of UK towns: 34%. Next after White British come Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.8%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 86% of UK towns: 96%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
Married adults and civil partners: 60%, a higher share than 98% 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
Unpaid carers: 9.4% of the total. 21% of Bitteswell’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 60% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Bitteswell (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%). The highest qualification of 12% is A levels, often students still at university.
Bitteswell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitteswell | 531 | — | 54.3 | 31% | 27% |
| Lutterworth | 10,519 | 0.7 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 29% |
| Ullesthorpe | 1,162 | 2 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Gilmorton | 1,239 | 2.6 mi | 47.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 5.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 25% |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 5.5 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Cosby | 3,518 | 5.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 28% |
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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.
- “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 Bitteswell’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 Bitteswell’s residents
What is the population of Bitteswell?
The 2021 Census counted 531 people in Bitteswell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bitteswell?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bitteswell?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bitteswell?
34% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bitteswell good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bitteswell’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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