Photo: saxon_sky · CC BY 2.0A median age of 52: Foxton is older than 92% of UK towns
3.9% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Foxton has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.5%. In 2021, the Census found 485 residents in the village, living in 205 households. On the census count, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% in Foxton, less than in 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Foxton has 27%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A higher share of full-time students than 57% of UK towns, at 5%
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, half of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Foxton sits below 81% of UK towns for one-person households (26%)
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 Foxton the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. At the same time, on households with dependent children, Foxton sits lower than 64% of UK towns: 26%. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Foxton ranks above 97% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 61%
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, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Foxton has 7.3%. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Foxton, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Foxton ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Foxton, 4.7%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
64% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 98% 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: 95% of Foxton · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Foxton has 33%. For Foxton, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 95%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 20% in Foxton, less than in 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
For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 97% of UK towns. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Foxton counts 44% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Foxton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxton | 485 | — | 52 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Bowden | 1,510 | 2.7 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Market Harborough | 24,162 | 2.8 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 7,329 | 2.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Fleckney | 4,926 | 4 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 29% |
| Husbands Bosworth | 1,218 | 5.1 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Great Glen | 4,062 | 5.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Welford | 1,199 | 7.1 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 29% |
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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 Foxton’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 Foxton’s residents
What is the population of Foxton?
The 2021 Census counted 485 people in Foxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Foxton?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Foxton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Foxton?
33% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 2.5% didn’t answer.
Is Foxton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Foxton’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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