Photo: Kev747 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households with dependent children make up 23% in Whitwick, less than in 86% of UK towns
With households in flats at 5.4%, Whitwick is behind 81% of UK towns on that count. The town had 10,455 residents and 4,699 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.4 (older than 71% of UK towns). Households in terraced houses: 15% of the total. On residents aged 65 and over, Whitwick sits higher than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 25%.
+1% since 2011: slower than 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Whitwick’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 11,200 people in 2011; 11,300 in 2024.
No year added more people than mid-2015 to mid-2016: 110. The 65 and over age group moved most (+26%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (−8%).
Older than 71% of UK towns: half of Whitwick is over 47.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.8% of residents. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 70% of UK towns: 9.2%. In Markfield, the oldest of Leicestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Whitwick, 47.4. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Whitwick ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.8% here and 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Whitwick households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 76% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (1.9%), Whitwick is below 73% of UK towns. In Whitwick, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Whitwick ranks above 65% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 34%
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 figure for households without a car or van is 14% in Whitwick and 24% across England’s towns. 5.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 81% of UK towns; 34% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 76% of UK towns: 4.1%
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 EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 11% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
Whitwick: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 73% 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: 95% of Whitwick · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.4%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53% here, more than in 69% of UK towns. Residents with no religion: 40% here and 37% across England’s towns.
Whitwick sits above 73% of UK towns for unpaid carers (10%)
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
Here nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Whitwick has fewer adults who have never married than 56% of UK towns, at 31%. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 329 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Whitwick, 22%, while 25% hold one at degree level (34%).
455 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people: this is the 113th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Stoke Gifford (27.8) and the oldest Seaton (61). Nearest to Whitwick in age: Sandbach (47.3), Old Windsor and Wraysbury (47.3), Ilfracombe (47.4) and Heathfield (47.5).
The towns around Whitwick are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitwick | 10,455 | — | 47.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Coalville | 21,975 | 1.4 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Hugglescote | 4,630 | 2.2 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 26% |
| Ravenstone | 1,882 | 2.4 mi | 41 | 18% | 33% |
| Ellistown | 2,971 | 3.1 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 33% |
| Shepshed | 14,873 | 3.3 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Ibstock | 6,806 | 4 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Heather | 1,068 | 4.4 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 Whitwick’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Whitwick’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 11,122 people in 2021, against 10,455 in the built-up area.
- 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 Whitwick’s residents
What is the population of Whitwick?
The 2021 Census counted 10,455 people in Whitwick’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,300 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Whitwick?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 71% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whitwick?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whitwick?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Whitwick good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whitwick’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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