Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Nether Broughton is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.1
Households in detached houses make up 62%, against 21% across England’s towns. 474 residents in 209 households: that is Nether Broughton at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion account for 28%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 61%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Nether Broughton. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Nether Broughton, 3.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.8%, below 69% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 18% of households have dependent children in Nether Broughton
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.
Households in Nether Broughton hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 23% of households are one person living alone. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.3% locally.
Households without a car or van: 3.8%, a lower share than 99% 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, 4.7% of households live in a terraced house in Nether Broughton. On households in flats, Nether Broughton sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 1.9%.
Nether Broughton: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 97% 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
3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 99% of UK towns: 67%
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 Nether Broughton · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.2%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Nether Broughton sits higher than 87% of UK towns: 96%.
In Nether Broughton, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
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
9 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 78% of UK towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
36% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of Nether Broughton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Nether Broughton are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Broughton | 474 | — | 53.1 | 28% | 18% |
| Asfordby | 2,761 | 4.2 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Melton Mowbray | 27,451 | 5.4 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Wymeswold | 1,364 | 5.8 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Keyworth | 6,822 | 5.9 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Cropwell Bishop | 1,903 | 6.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Cotgrave | 7,794 | 6.5 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 30% |
| Waltham on the Wolds | 1,034 | 6.9 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
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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 Nether Broughton’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 Nether Broughton’s residents
What is the population of Nether Broughton?
The 2021 Census counted 474 people in Nether Broughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nether Broughton?
The median age was 53.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nether Broughton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nether Broughton?
28% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Nether Broughton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nether Broughton’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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