Photo: Poliphilo · CC07.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% of UK towns
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Sapcote comes in at 1.5%. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households in flats: 4.5% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. There were 1,391 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 3,266 residents.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of UK towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.5% of residents. Half of Sapcote’s residents are under 44.4, younger than in just over half of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Sapcote, 44.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
In Sapcote, 4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 75% 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%.
By class, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Sapcote, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.6%.
Sapcote households average 2.3 people, larger than in 55% 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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Sapcote, 27%.
Sapcote sits below 90% of UK towns for households without a car or van (8.4%)
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
Households in detached houses: 50% here and 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 13% in Sapcote.
Fewer residents born abroad than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Sapcote, 98% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in Africa (1%).
Sapcote: 43% of residents said they have no religion, above 66% 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: 93% of Sapcote · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Sapcote, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Sapcote: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 75% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 88. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At 9.1%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Sapcote’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 30% have one at degree level (34%).
150th youngest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Sapcote in age: Tonna (44.3), Healing (44.4), Stanstead Abbotts (44.4) and Lindford (44.4).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Sapcote are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapcote | 3,266 | — | 44.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 0.9 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 1.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 25% |
| Croft | 1,748 | 2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 2.5 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 2.8 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 26% |
| Huncote | 2,168 | 3.1 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Barwell | 9,149 | 3.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Sapcote’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 Sapcote’s residents
What is the population of Sapcote?
The 2021 Census counted 3,266 people in Sapcote’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sapcote?
The median age was 44.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 51% of UK towns. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sapcote?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sapcote?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Sapcote good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sapcote’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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