Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.2: Stapleton is older than 97% of UK towns
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 6.1% of households have no car or van here. Nearly a fifth of households have dependent children. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 335 people lived in Stapleton, in 149 households.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 6.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Stapleton and 18% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.7%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stapleton has 33% and 22%. 3.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 86% 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 3.4%, close to the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.2 people.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.7%
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
In Stapleton, 70% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 95% of UK towns: 2.7%
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 (0.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 100% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Stapleton ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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: 97% of Stapleton · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 32% answered “no religion” and 64% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Stapleton: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 23% in Stapleton and 39% across England’s towns. 6 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Stapleton’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Stapleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stapleton | 335 | — | 56.2 | 30% | 19% |
| Barwell | 9,149 | 1.2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 2.1 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 26% |
| Stoke Golding | 2,004 | 2.3 mi | 51.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 3.1 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 3.2 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Market Bosworth | 2,104 | 3.5 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 24% |
| Desford | 3,817 | 3.8 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 33% |
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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 Stapleton’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 Stapleton’s residents
What is the population of Stapleton?
The 2021 Census counted 335 people in Stapleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stapleton?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stapleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stapleton?
32% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Stapleton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stapleton’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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