Church of St Mary · Photo: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0Half of Edith Weston is under 31.5, younger than 99% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 40% here and 29% across England’s towns. One-person households: 15% of the total. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 50%, more than in 93% of UK towns. There were 170 households in Edith Weston at the 2021 Census, home to 584 residents.
6.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: 14% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Edith Weston, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 15%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Edith Weston is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.5%
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%.
Just over a fifth of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 98% of UK towns: 2.7 people on average
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Edith Weston, 2.9%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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
13% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. In Edith Weston, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment.
9.5% born outside the UK, more than in 72% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 98%.
In Edith Weston, 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 78% 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: 92% of Edith Weston · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Edith Weston has 92%. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Indian (0.9%). The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.
Only 7% of residents give unpaid care in Edith Weston
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Edith Weston comes in at 40%. The wider picture: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Some 16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Edith Weston, 34% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 5.5% have no qualification at all (18%).
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Edith Weston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edith Weston | 584 | — | 31.5 | 6.7% | 40% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 3.1 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 4.9 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 5.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 5.4 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 5.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 5.9 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 6 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Edith Weston’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 Edith Weston’s residents
What is the population of Edith Weston?
The 2021 Census counted 584 people in Edith Weston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edith Weston?
The median age was 31.5 at the 2021 Census. 15% of residents were 15 to 24 and 6.7% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edith Weston?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edith Weston?
50% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Edith Weston good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edith Weston’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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