Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns: 22%
Households in flats make up 6%, against 23% across England’s towns. Lower than in 87% of UK towns: 9% of households have no car or van. The 2021 Census counted 860 residents in 380 households. Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
A median age of 49.3: Lubenham is older than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.7%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 64% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 60% of UK towns, at 4.6%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Lubenham comes in at 10%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More shared houses than 80% of UK towns: 3.2% of households
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses make up 37% in Lubenham, more than in 70% 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
18% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house.
Fewer residents born abroad than 75% of UK towns: 4.2%
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
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Lubenham, 99%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94% in Lubenham, more than in 70% 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 Lubenham · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 40% in Lubenham and 37% across England’s towns. Across Lubenham, half of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 66% of UK towns: 50%
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 16 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.5%.
39% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of Lubenham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Lubenham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubenham | 860 | — | 49.3 | 24% | 22% |
| Market Harborough | 24,162 | 2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Great Bowden | 1,510 | 2.7 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Husbands Bosworth | 1,218 | 4.1 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 7,329 | 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Fleckney | 4,926 | 5.1 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 29% |
| Welford | 1,199 | 5.7 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 6.7 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Lubenham’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 Lubenham’s residents
What is the population of Lubenham?
The 2021 Census counted 860 people in Lubenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lubenham?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lubenham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lubenham?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Lubenham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lubenham’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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