Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Stathern has 6.6%. The village counted 721 residents and 306 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 96%. The median age in the village is 50.8, higher than in 89% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23% in Stathern, more than in 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 10% in Stathern. The wider picture: 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 92 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 Stathern, 5.4% of adults are full-time students, more 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of Stathern’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 16%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 86% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns: 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, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Stathern has 24%. 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 71% of UK towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
In Stathern, 66% of households live in a detached house, more than in 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
11% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
Below 87% of UK towns: 3.3% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Stathern has 99%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 77% 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 Stathern · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Arab (0.4%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Stathern comes in at 41%.
Stathern: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 89% 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
Adults who have never married: 29% here and 39% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 10 residents. Fewer unpaid carers than in 63% of UK towns: 8.9%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 43% of adults in Stathern, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Stathern
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stathern | 721 | — | 50.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Waltham on the Wolds | 1,034 | 4.5 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 5.3 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Aslockton | 2,173 | 5.8 mi | 48.1 | 21% | 25% |
| Cropwell Bishop | 1,903 | 6.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Bingham | 10,109 | 6.9 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 30% |
| Melton Mowbray | 27,451 | 7.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Barrowby | 2,041 | 7.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Stathern’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 Stathern’s residents
What is the population of Stathern?
The 2021 Census counted 721 people in Stathern’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stathern?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stathern?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stathern?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Stathern good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stathern’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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