Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.019% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 98% of UK towns
In Uppingham, 23% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. The town had 4,272 residents and 1,700 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 41.5 (younger than 72% of UK towns). Locally, 38% of households are one person living alone. Adults who have never married are more common here than in two thirds of UK towns.
What the Census says about Uppingham’s people
A student town
The 2021 Census counted 494 full-time students aged 16 and over, 15% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns: more than in 98% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 19% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 41.5: Uppingham is younger than 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 23% in Uppingham. The biggest five-year age group is 15–19, with 16% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Uppingham, 41.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A student town: 15% of adults study full-time
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: 12% here and 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%.
15% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 69% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Uppingham, 34%. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 22%. The town has fewer households without a car or van than 51% of UK towns, at 15%.
In Uppingham, 9.5% of residents were 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 36% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 76% 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: 90% of Uppingham · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Uppingham has 90%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 37% of residents said they have no religion.
7.8% of residents give unpaid care, below 88% 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
Little separates the share of married adults and civil partners here, 44%, from the figure across England’s towns. 82 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of Uppingham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 15%.
695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 119th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Uppingham in age: Walter's Ash and Naphill (41.4), Cholsey (41.4), Milton (41.5) and Marchwood (41.5).
Uppingham is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uppingham | 4,272 | — | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 4.2 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 5.7 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 6.1 mi | 53.6 | 28% | 23% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 6.4 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Langham | 1,400 | 7.2 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Corby | 68,164 | 7.2 mi | 37 | 13% | 35% |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 7.5 mi | 40 | 18% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Uppingham’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 Uppingham’s residents
What is the population of Uppingham?
The 2021 Census counted 4,272 people in Uppingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Uppingham?
The median age was 41.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 72% of UK towns. 19% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
Is Uppingham a student town?
Yes: 15% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (494 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Uppingham?
90% 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 Uppingham?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Uppingham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Uppingham’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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