Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0More detached houses than 88% of UK towns: 49% of households
Households in terraced houses: 13%, below just over four fifths of UK towns. For Lutterworth, the census puts one-person households at 27%. At 2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 70% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 10,519 residents and 4,510 households in the town.
What the Census says about Lutterworth’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Lutterworth at 9,400 in 2011 and 11,300 in 2024, up 20%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 87% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Lutterworth grew +20% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 87% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Lutterworth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,400 people in 2011; 11,300 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2017 to mid-2018, the population rose by 320, the most of any year. Change by age ran from +38% for the 65 and over to +12% for the 0 to 15.
Lutterworth ranks above 73% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in Lutterworth is 44.3, lower than in 51% of UK towns. In Markfield, the oldest of Leicestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Lutterworth, 44.3. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Lutterworth sits above 84% of UK towns for full-time students (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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 9.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, more than in 66% 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.
Lutterworth sits close to the norm on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 68% of UK towns: 12%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Lutterworth comes in at 8.8%. On top of that, every 8th household or so has no car or van.
A lower share of residents whose main language is English than 69% of UK towns, at 96%
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
7.8% of residents were born outside the UK, against 21% across Leicestershire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.4%) and in Africa (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%, a higher share than 65% 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: 90% of Lutterworth · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Lutterworth sits above 69% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (51%)
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
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Lutterworth, 31%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Lutterworth, the census puts unpaid carers at 8.4%.
Degree-level qualifications: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Lutterworth, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
455 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people: this is the 228th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Stoke Gifford (27.8), the youngest, and Seaton (61), the oldest. Nearest to Lutterworth in age: Market Weighton (44.3), Darfield (44.3), Coxheath (44.3) and Kirkham (44.4).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Lutterworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutterworth | 10,519 | — | 44.3 | 22% | 29% |
| Ullesthorpe | 1,162 | 2.5 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Gilmorton | 1,239 | 2.9 mi | 47.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 4.8 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 5.4 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 22% |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 5.7 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 25% |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 6.2 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 6.2 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Lutterworth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Lutterworth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 10,831 people in 2021, against 10,519 in the built-up area.
- 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 Lutterworth’s residents
What is the population of Lutterworth?
The 2021 Census counted 10,519 people in Lutterworth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,300 people in mid-2024, 20% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Lutterworth?
The median age was 44.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 51% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lutterworth?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lutterworth?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Lutterworth good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lutterworth’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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