Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0In Hathern, 6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
1.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Hathern, 9.1% of households have no car or van. Fewer households in flats than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 5.5%. The village had 2,351 residents in 1,057 households at the 2021 Census.
Above 66% of UK towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.8% of residents. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. With a median age of 46, Hathern is older than 61% of UK towns. In Markfield, the oldest of Leicestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
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.
Below 88% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Hathern has 41% and 21%. The village has fewer residents who moved in within the year than two thirds of UK towns, at 7.9%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 73% 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.
27% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns.
Hathern sits above 74% of UK towns for households in detached houses (39%)
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
17% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 54% of UK towns: 98%
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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 6.9%. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in Africa (1.3%).
Residents with no religion: 46%, a higher share than 79% 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: 92% of Hathern · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.1%), Indian (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (1.2%). Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. Hathern has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than two thirds of UK towns, at 47%. By contrast, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 92%, against 73% across England’s towns.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 77% 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
Some 59 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 74% of UK towns: 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Unpaid carers: 9.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 37% of Hathern’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Hathern are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hathern | 2,351 | — | 46 | 24% | 27% |
| Long Whatton | 1,157 | 1.7 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Sutton Bonington | 2,064 | 1.9 mi | 26 | 17% | 22% |
| Shepshed | 14,873 | 2.4 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Loughborough | 64,850 | 2.6 mi | 31.4 | 14% | 25% |
| Kegworth | 4,293 | 3.1 mi | 34.7 | 17% | 23% |
| East Leake | 8,551 | 4 mi | 41 | 20% | 32% |
| Quorndon | 5,576 | 4.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Hathern’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 Hathern’s residents
What is the population of Hathern?
The 2021 Census counted 2,351 people in Hathern’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hathern?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hathern?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hathern?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hathern good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hathern’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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