Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 6.1%
In Huncote, 34% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. The village’s 864 households held 2,168 residents at the 2021 Census. 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. The median age here is 40.2, lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Huncote’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 63% of UK towns: 9.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
On residents aged 65 and over, 18% here is much the same as across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 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 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns, at 5.9%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4% of adults are full-time students in Huncote. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Huncote
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.
2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people.
In Huncote, 12% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 84% of UK towns
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
Here, 29% of households live in a detached house. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 88% of UK towns: 3.2%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (0.6%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% of UK towns.
50% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 93% 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 Huncote · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. On the census count, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 65% 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
With unpaid carers at 9.8%, Huncote is ahead of 63% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
Degree-level qualifications: 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 29% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Huncote is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huncote | 2,168 | — | 40.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Enderby and Narborough | 13,178 | 1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Croft | 1,748 | 1.2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Littlethorpe | 1,918 | 1.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Cosby | 3,518 | 2.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 28% |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 2.5 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Blaby and Whetstone | 14,072 | 2.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 30% |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 3.1 mi | 44.4 | 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 Huncote’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 Huncote’s residents
What is the population of Huncote?
The 2021 Census counted 2,168 people in Huncote’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Huncote?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Huncote?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Huncote?
50% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Huncote good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Huncote’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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