Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 8.2% of households have no car or van in Fleckney
Terraced houses are home to 12% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Fleckney, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On married adults and civil partners, Fleckney sits higher than 78% of UK towns: 52%. The town had 4,926 residents and 2,054 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.2 (older than 63% of UK towns).
Fleckney’s population changed by +11% since 2011, more than in 65% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Fleckney’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,900 people in 2011; 5,500 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +84% for the 65 and over to −9% for the 30 to 44. The biggest one-year rise was mid-2023 to mid-2024, 240 people.
Older than 63% of UK towns: half of Fleckney is over 46.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Fleckney, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Fleckney, 46.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student town: 5.3% of adults study full-time
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 take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 22% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fleckney ranks below 76% of UK towns on one-person households: 27%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Fleckney, 2.4. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. 29% of households have dependent children.
Above 90% of UK towns: 51% of households live in a detached house
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
In Fleckney, 4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 72% 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
Of residents born abroad, 15% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
Fleckney sits above 60% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (51%)
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: 91% of Fleckney · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 40% in Fleckney. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Locally, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British.
In Fleckney, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 62% 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 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.3%. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 98 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of Fleckney’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 387th youngest of 810 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Fleckney in age: Burley in Wharfedale (46.2), Kimberley (46.2), Great Shelford and Stapleford (46.2) and Lambourn (46.2).
No nearby town is as old as Fleckney
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleckney | 4,926 | — | 46.2 | 21% | 29% |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 7,329 | 2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Great Glen | 4,062 | 3.1 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Countesthorpe | 7,674 | 4.3 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Wigston | 34,728 | 4.5 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 28% |
| Oadby | 24,039 | 4.5 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Husbands Bosworth | 1,218 | 5.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Blaby and Whetstone | 14,072 | 5.6 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 30% |
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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 Fleckney’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. Fleckney’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,926 people in 2021, against 4,926 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 Fleckney’s residents
What is the population of Fleckney?
The 2021 Census counted 4,926 people in Fleckney’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,500 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Fleckney?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 63% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fleckney?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fleckney?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Fleckney good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fleckney’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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