Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.9%
Half of Croft’s residents are over 48.8, older than in nearly four in five UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,748 residents in 751 households. For Croft, the census puts one-person households at 27%. Here 11% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns, at 7.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 25% in Croft.
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.
4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 84% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
24% of households have dependent children, below 77% 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.
In Croft the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 82% of UK towns, at 43%
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 16%, against 24% across England’s towns. At the same time, 1.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 43% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK in Croft
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 62% 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: 94% of Croft · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 43%, above just over three fifths of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.1%), Indian (1.3%) and African (1.1%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 73% of UK towns, at 52%
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
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Croft, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
28% of adults have qualifications at degree level
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 Croft, 28%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Croft
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft | 1,748 | — | 48.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Huncote | 2,168 | 1.2 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 1.7 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Littlethorpe | 1,918 | 1.9 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Enderby and Narborough | 13,178 | 2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 2 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 2.1 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Cosby | 3,518 | 2.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Croft’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 Croft’s residents
What is the population of Croft?
The 2021 Census counted 1,748 people in Croft’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Croft?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Croft?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Croft?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Croft good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Croft’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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