Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Thurlaston is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.5
Households with dependent children: 23% here and 29% across England’s towns. Here, 7.6% of households have no car or van. 12% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 82% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 762 residents in 328 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Thurlaston, more than in 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The usual figure: 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 93 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.
5.8% of adults are full-time students, more than in 80% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Thurlaston has 36% and 19%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.8% in Thurlaston, less than in 78% 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.
In Thurlaston the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. For Thurlaston, the census puts one-person households at 29%.
Only 3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Thurlaston
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
45% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, below 84% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.5%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%). Higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%
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: 93% of Thurlaston · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Thurlaston, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (1.2%).
Adults who have never married: 30%, a lower share than 70% 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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 20. Thurlaston has more married adults and civil partners than just over two thirds of UK towns, at 51%. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. By its share of unpaid carers (10%), Thurlaston is above 78% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Thurlaston, 33%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Thurlaston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurlaston | 762 | — | 51.5 | 24% | 23% |
| Huncote | 2,168 | 1.4 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Enderby and Narborough | 13,178 | 2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Croft | 1,748 | 2.3 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 2.5 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 26% |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 2.7 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Littlethorpe | 1,918 | 2.8 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 13,847 | 3 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 33% |
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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 Thurlaston’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 Thurlaston’s residents
What is the population of Thurlaston?
The 2021 Census counted 762 people in Thurlaston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Thurlaston?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Thurlaston?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Thurlaston?
36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Thurlaston good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Thurlaston’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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