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51.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

A median age of 51.1: Markfield is older than 90% of UK towns

Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Markfield comes in at 21%. Census figures put one-person households at 34% locally. Few places have so few households in flats: 5% here, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,761 residents in 2,234 households.

+4%people since 2011 30%aged 65 or over 6%born abroad 2,234households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Markfield’s people

51.1median age, older than 90% of UK towns

Older than most towns

Half of Markfield’s residents are under 51.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓

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.

Population since 2011

Markfield changed by +4% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 69% of UK towns

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Markfield’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

MarkfieldEnglandAll of Leicestershire

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

MarkfieldEngland

0 to 15−8%

16 to 29−3%

30 to 44+1%

45 to 64−7%

65 and over+27%

About 4,500 people in 2011; 4,600 in 2024.

Mid-2017 to mid-2018 brought the biggest yearly rise, 90 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+27%) and the 0 to 15 least (−8%).

Ages

30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

MarkfieldEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Markfield, 51.1. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.5%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6427%

65 and over30%

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Markfield

England

WomenMen

About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

In Markfield, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% 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

Full-time students3.8%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical6.3%

Semi-routine10%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.5%

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Markfield

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

324

residents, 6.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Residents who moved in within the year: 6.9% here and 11% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.

Households

Markfield households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 88% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 21%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 21%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 2.2%

Against Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns

Markfield

Leicestershire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person34%

2 people39%

3 people13%

4 people11%

5 or more3.7%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Markfield ranks above 76% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 40%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Markfield

Leicestershire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van13%

One43%

Two32%

Three or more12%

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

13% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%. On the census count, 16% of households live in a terraced house.

Where people were born

A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 58% 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%

Markfield

Leicestershire’s towns

21%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

MarkfieldEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Markfield comes in at 6%.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 60% of UK towns: 51%

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

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.8%

Asian3.8%

Mixed1.1%

Black0.4%

Other0.5%

0%12%24%

White British, not charted: 91% of Markfield · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion39%

Christian51%

Muslim1.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist2.3%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer5.3%

0%30%60%

After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.8%), Indian (2.6%) and Mixed or multiple (1.1%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 39% here, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 91% in Markfield.

Relationships & caring

Fewer adults who have never married than 78% of UK towns: 28%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership28%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated1.9%

Divorced11%

Widowed9%

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

433residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.5%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more2.6%

Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Markfield, 50%. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9.5% of residents give unpaid care.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: 30% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship7.9%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level30%

MarkfieldLeicestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 30% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 114th oldest of 695 UK towns this size

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Markfield 51.1

BailriggSutton on Sea and TrusthorpeLeonard Stanley and King's Stanley

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Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Markfield in age: Appleby-in-Westmorland (51.1), Upper Poppleton (51.1), Prestbury (51.1) and Ruskington (51.2).

Neighbours

Every neighbour of Markfield has a younger population

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ThorntonGrobyRatbyBagworthAnsteyWoodhouse EavesEllistownMarkfield

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Markfield	4,761	—	51.1	30%	21%
Thornton	1,030	2.2 mi	46.5	22%	28%
Groby	6,559	2.6 mi	47.4	25%	28%
Ratby	4,262	2.8 mi	42.9	20%	29%
Bagworth	1,869	3.2 mi	35.7	12%	42%
Anstey	7,043	3.5 mi	42.7	21%	28%
Woodhouse Eaves	1,618	3.5 mi	48.6	26%	26%
Ellistown	2,971	4 mi	39.3	16%	33%

More about Markfield’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health BLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁺Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living A⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Markfield’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. Markfield’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,517 people in 2021, against 4,761 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 Markfield’s residents

What is the population of Markfield?

The 2021 Census counted 4,761 people in Markfield’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,600 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.

What is the average age in Markfield?

The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 90% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Markfield?

91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Markfield?

39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.

Is Markfield good for families?

21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Markfield’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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