Photo: Ian Calderwood · CC BY-SA 2.0In Swannington, 6.1% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Swannington has 55%. With a median age of 50.8, Swannington is older than 89% of UK towns. The village’s 345 households held 789 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment.
7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Full-time students make up 4.4% in Swannington, less 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%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 21% of households in Swannington have dependent children
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. One-person households: just over a quarter of the total.
Swannington sits above 87% of UK towns for households in detached houses (47%)
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 27%, against 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 4.4% of Swannington’s 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 78% of UK towns, at 55%
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: 94% of Swannington · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Chinese (0.3%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Swannington has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 62% of UK towns, at 94%. By contrast, by its share of residents with no religion (38%), Swannington is below two thirds of UK towns.
Swannington ranks below 77% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 29%
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
Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Swannington has 10%. For 18 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of Swannington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Swannington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swannington | 789 | — | 50.8 | 22% | 21% |
| Whitwick | 10,455 | 1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Ravenstone | 1,882 | 1.5 mi | 41 | 18% | 33% |
| Coalville | 21,975 | 1.6 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Hugglescote | 4,630 | 1.8 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 26% |
| Ellistown | 2,971 | 2.9 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 33% |
| Ibstock | 6,806 | 3.4 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Heather | 1,068 | 3.6 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
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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 Swannington’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 Swannington’s residents
What is the population of Swannington?
The 2021 Census counted 789 people in Swannington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Swannington?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Swannington?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Swannington?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Swannington good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Swannington’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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