Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0In Heather, 6.5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
One-person households make up 25%, against 30% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,068 residents and 447 households in Heather. For Heather, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8%. 50% of households live in a detached house, more than in 90% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Heather’s people
Many carers
116 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 93% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
23% of residents are 65 or over, a share 62% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.9% of residents. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Heather, 2.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Heather has 34% and 25%. 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns.
Heather households average 2.4 people, larger 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.
Households with dependent children make up 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer flats than 86% of UK towns: 4.4% of households
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
Terraced houses are home to just over one in ten households, against 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
In Heather, 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 82% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 81% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Heather: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 74% 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 Heather · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.4%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 43%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 62% of UK towns. Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
Heather sits above 93% of UK towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 32 people. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 53%, more than in four fifths of UK towns. The share of unpaid carers across England’s towns is 8.7%. With adults who have never married at 30%, Heather is behind 68% of UK towns on that count.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Heather’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Heather
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather | 1,068 | — | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Ibstock | 6,806 | 1.1 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Ravenstone | 1,882 | 2.1 mi | 41 | 18% | 33% |
| Hugglescote | 4,630 | 2.5 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 26% |
| Ellistown | 2,971 | 2.6 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 33% |
| Measham | 5,373 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 27% |
| Coalville | 21,975 | 3.5 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Bagworth | 1,869 | 3.5 mi | 35.7 | 12% | 42% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Heather’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 Heather’s residents
What is the population of Heather?
The 2021 Census counted 1,068 people in Heather’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Heather?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Heather?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Heather?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Heather good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Heather’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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