Photo: John Welford · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
One-person households make up 20%, against 30% across England’s towns. Nailstone had 566 residents in 234 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 53% of households live in a detached house in the village. With a median age of 50.9, Nailstone is older than 89% of UK towns.
In Nailstone, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Nailstone has 11%. Against that, 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.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, below 88% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 38% of Nailstone’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 5.6% in Nailstone. Census figures put households with dependent children at 25% locally.
Households without a car or van: 6.5%, a lower share than 96% 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Nailstone comes in at 16%. In one household in 15 there is no car or van.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.3% in Nailstone, less than in 98% of UK towns
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.2%) and in Africa (0.5%). On residents whose main language is English, Nailstone sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 99%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 89% of UK towns, at 96%
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: 96% of Nailstone · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Nailstone has fewer residents with no religion than 66% of UK towns, at 38%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.2%).
Above 94% of UK towns: 12% of residents give unpaid care
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
Here just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 92% of UK towns. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 10 people.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Nailstone, 18%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Nailstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nailstone | 566 | — | 50.9 | 27% | 25% |
| Barlestone | 2,563 | 1.1 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 25% |
| Bagworth | 1,869 | 1.7 mi | 35.7 | 12% | 42% |
| Ibstock | 6,806 | 2.1 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Ellistown | 2,971 | 2.6 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 33% |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 2.8 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Heather | 1,068 | 2.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Market Bosworth | 2,104 | 2.9 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 24% |
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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 Nailstone’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 Nailstone’s residents
What is the population of Nailstone?
The 2021 Census counted 566 people in Nailstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nailstone?
The median age was 50.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nailstone?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nailstone?
38% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Nailstone good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nailstone’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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