Photo: Oliver Mills · CC BY-SA 2.0Packington is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 51.9
The figure for households in detached houses is 76% in Packington and 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 851 residents in 363 households. The census found that 5.8% of households have no car or van in the village. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Above 90% of UK towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Across the comparison, 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.
Only 4.5% of adults are full-time students in Packington
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 are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Packington sits below 91% of UK towns for one-person households (24%)
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Packington, 2.4. On households with dependent children, Packington sits lower than just over two thirds of UK towns: 25%. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. In Packington, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.7% of households
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
5.3% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Above 84% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Here 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).
In Packington, 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 94% 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: 96% of Packington · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
A third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Packington has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 87% of UK towns, at 96%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.5%), Indian (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 62% in Packington, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Packington comes in at 10%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. 25 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 43% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Packington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packington | 851 | — | 51.9 | 30% | 25% |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 15,121 | 1.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 29% |
| Measham | 5,373 | 2.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 27% |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 2.6 mi | 43.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Ravenstone | 1,882 | 2.7 mi | 41 | 18% | 33% |
| Moira | 3,198 | 2.7 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Heather | 1,068 | 2.8 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 20% |
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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 Packington’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 Packington’s residents
What is the population of Packington?
The 2021 Census counted 851 people in Packington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Packington?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Packington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Packington?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Packington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Packington’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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