Photo: Kev747 at English Wikipedia · Public domainRothley sits above 96% of UK towns for households with dependent children (37%)
Adults who have never married: 20%, below 99% of UK towns. On the census count, 15% of households are one person living alone. At 4.6%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 98% of UK towns. Rothley counted 770 residents and 287 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 8.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Rothley.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Rothley, 4.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 72% 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%.
59% of Rothley’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 7.2% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.2% locally.
Rothley households average 2.7 people, larger than in 98% of UK towns
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Rothley has 83%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. On the census count, 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
8.4% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 66% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (3.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (3.4%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 29% of residents said they have no religion
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: 78% of Rothley · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.2% of residents are Muslim. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 86% of UK towns: 78%. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Rothley comes in at 52%.
68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
14 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Lower than in 63% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents give unpaid care. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
54% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 54% of Rothley’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.3% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Rothley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothley | 770 | — | 45 | 21% | 37% |
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | 0.9 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 29% |
| Cropston | 1,120 | 1.3 mi | 56.9 | 34% | 18% |
| Thurcaston | 1,649 | 1.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 31% |
| Birstall | 14,317 | 2.2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Quorndon | 5,576 | 2.7 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Anstey | 7,043 | 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 28% |
| Sileby | 8,954 | 2.8 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 31% |
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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 Rothley’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 Rothley’s residents
What is the population of Rothley?
The 2021 Census counted 770 people in Rothley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rothley?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rothley?
78% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rothley?
29% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 2.3% didn’t answer.
Is Rothley good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rothley’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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