Photo: Michig · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.6%
Households in detached houses: 61% here and 21% across England’s towns. Thurcaston counted 1,649 residents and 633 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 19% of households are one person living alone. On residents with no religion, Thurcaston sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 33%.
In Thurcaston, 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Thurcaston is 43.6, lower than in 57% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Thurcaston, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%. In Markfield, the oldest of Leicestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 61% of UK towns: 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.6% of adults are full-time students in Thurcaston. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
Thurcaston households average 2.6 people, larger than in 94% 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.
Households with dependent children: 31%, above just over four fifths of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.4% of the total.
10% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 89% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 10% of households have no car or van here.
13% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 83% of UK towns
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (5.6%) and in Africa (4.3%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 85% of UK towns: 93%. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 6.4% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
Thurcaston sits below 93% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (69%)
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: 69% of Thurcaston · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Indian (17%), Mixed or multiple (3.8%) and Other White (2.9%). On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Thurcaston sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 42%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%
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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.9%. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 28%.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Thurcaston’s adults: 41% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of the 7 towns nearest Thurcaston, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurcaston | 1,649 | — | 43.6 | 20% | 31% |
| Birstall | 14,317 | 1 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Cropston | 1,120 | 1.2 mi | 56.9 | 34% | 18% |
| Anstey | 7,043 | 1.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 28% |
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | 2.4 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 29% |
| Thurmaston | 9,509 | 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 28% |
| Syston | 13,628 | 3.3 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 29% |
| Groby | 6,559 | 3.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Thurcaston’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 Thurcaston’s residents
What is the population of Thurcaston?
The 2021 Census counted 1,649 people in Thurcaston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Thurcaston?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Thurcaston?
69% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Thurcaston?
33% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.9% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Thurcaston good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Thurcaston’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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