Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Stoke Golding is over 51.2, older than 90% of UK towns
By its share of residents with no religion (30%), Stoke Golding is below 93% of UK towns. Here, 5.6% of households live in a terraced house. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 89% of UK towns, at 8.7%. 2,004 residents in 872 households: that is Stoke Golding at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Stoke Golding’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Stoke Golding’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer young people than 88% of UK towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, below 82% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stoke Golding has 41% and 20%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Stoke Golding, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 24% of households have dependent children in Stoke Golding. The census found that 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Stoke Golding ranks above 88% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 49%
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 flats: 4.2% here and 23% across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%.
Stoke Golding ranks below 86% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.3%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Stoke Golding has 99%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 64%
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: 95% of Stoke Golding · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, above nearly four fifths of UK towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.6%).
In Stoke Golding, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% 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
By its share of unpaid carers (10%), Stoke Golding is above 72% of UK towns. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 58% here, more than in 94% of UK towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Stoke Golding compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Stoke Golding is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Golding | 2,004 | — | 51.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Barwell | 9,149 | 2.8 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 2.9 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Market Bosworth | 2,104 | 3.6 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 24% |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 4 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 26% |
| Nuneaton | 88,818 | 4.4 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 30% |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 4.9 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Mancetter and Witherley | 2,689 | 4.9 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 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 Stoke Golding’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 Stoke Golding’s residents
What is the population of Stoke Golding?
The 2021 Census counted 2,004 people in Stoke Golding’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke Golding?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke Golding?
95% 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 Stoke Golding?
30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke Golding good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke Golding’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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