Photo: Wordmaster2000 · Public domainBarleythorpe sits above 99% of UK towns for households with dependent children (46%)
The figure for households without a car or van is 4.1% in Barleythorpe and 24% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,344 residents and 503 households in the village. Here, 5.3% of residents give unpaid care. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Barleythorpe sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 88%.
What the Census says about Barleythorpe’s people
A village of families
46% of Barleythorpe’s 503 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Barleythorpe’s residents are under 36.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.3% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 36.2: Barleythorpe is younger than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Across Barleythorpe, 11% 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.
Barleythorpe ranks above 90% of UK towns on full-time students: 6.7%
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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Barleythorpe has 10%. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 99% of UK towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Barleythorpe has 3.2%. On average, 2.7 people share a household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 81% of UK towns: 43%
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 flats trails 61% of UK towns: 9%. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house. Here, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
9.3% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 71% 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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 97% of residents have English as their main language in Barleythorpe. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2%).
Barleythorpe sits above 73% of UK towns for residents with no religion (45%)
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: 88% of Barleythorpe · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Barleythorpe, 48%. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Indian (1.5%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 91% of UK towns: 56%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 18 residents. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Barleythorpe, 32%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 46% of adults in Barleythorpe, 34% across England’s towns; 5% have no qualification, against 18%. A levels are the highest qualification of 22%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Barleythorpe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | — | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Langham | 1,400 | 0.8 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 0.9 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 4.9 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 6.4 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 7.6 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 27% |
| Clipsham | 1,150 | 8.2 mi | 35 | 2.9% | 25% |
| Melton Mowbray | 27,451 | 8.3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 26% |
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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.
- “Rutland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Rutland (or England), summed the same way as Barleythorpe’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 Barleythorpe’s residents
What is the population of Barleythorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 1,344 people in Barleythorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barleythorpe?
The median age was 36.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barleythorpe?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 9.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barleythorpe?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Barleythorpe good for families?
46% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barleythorpe’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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