Photo: SiGarb · Public domainWing is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.2
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Wing has 1.4%. Households with dependent children account for 18%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns. 313 residents in 140 households: that is Wing at the 2021 Census.
Wing sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
33% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Wing, 4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 83% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9%, against 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Wing
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.
In Wing the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.7%
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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 59% in Wing. The village has fewer households in terraced houses than 83% of UK towns, at 12%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. For Wing, the census puts households in flats at 7.1%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 88% of UK towns don’t reach
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 outside the UK: 5.1% here and 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, a higher share than 72% 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 Wing · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Wing, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 62%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 7. On unpaid carers, Wing sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 11%. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of adults in Wing (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 8.3% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Wing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing | 313 | — | 56.2 | 33% | 18% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 2.7 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 4.2 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 5.1 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 5.5 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 5.6 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Langham | 1,400 | 5.9 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 7.4 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
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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 Wing’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 Wing’s residents
What is the population of Wing?
The 2021 Census counted 313 people in Wing’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wing?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wing?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wing?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Wing good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wing’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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