Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Medbourne is over 53.3, older than 94% of UK towns
4.9% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households in flats: 2.5% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 489 residents in Medbourne, living in 206 households. Census figures put adults who have never married at 25% locally.
25% of Medbourne is 65 or over, a higher share than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Below 89% of UK towns: 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.9% of the total.
Fewer families than 80% of UK towns: 24% of households have children
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.
26% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Shared houses stand out: 3.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of UK towns.
Households in detached houses make up 53% in Medbourne, more than in 92% 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 15% of households live in a terraced house in Medbourne. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Medbourne sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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
Residents born outside the UK make up 5.3%, against 18% across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 97% of Medbourne · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Medbourne. Census figures put residents with no religion at 36% here. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Medbourne sits above 95% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (58%)
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
6.6% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 49%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Medbourne’s adults: 49% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Medbourne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medbourne | 489 | — | 53.3 | 25% | 24% |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 3.2 mi | 53.6 | 28% | 23% |
| Great Bowden | 1,510 | 4.4 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Market Harborough | 24,162 | 5.6 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Corby | 68,164 | 5.7 mi | 37 | 13% | 35% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 5.8 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 6 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 6.3 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 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 Medbourne’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 Medbourne’s residents
What is the population of Medbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 489 people in Medbourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Medbourne?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Medbourne?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Medbourne?
36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Medbourne good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Medbourne’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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