Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Alcester is older than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 50.5
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Alcester. At the 2021 Census, 6,425 people lived in the town, in 3,049 households. For Alcester, the census puts households with dependent children at 22%. 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Alcester’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Alcester’s residents are under 50.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.3% of residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Alcester sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 8.4%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Alcester, 50.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 86% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Alcester, 35% and 24%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.7%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.4%, more than in 53% of UK towns.
27% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 74% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Alcester comes in at 15%. For Alcester, the census puts households in detached houses at 19%. Households in flats are more common here than in 69% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 54% of UK towns: 6%
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
15% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 52% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
Below 83% of UK towns: 35% of residents said they have no religion
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: 93% of Alcester · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.7%). To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 53% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married: 29%, a lower share than 75% 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
179 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 9.5%, more than in 54% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Married adults and civil partners: 48%, below 52% of UK towns.
32% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Alcester, 32%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
107th highest median age among 709 UK towns of 4,000 to 9,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Alcester in age: Wingerworth (50.5), Radcliffe on Trent (50.5), Oakley (50.5) and Bude (50.5).
Around Alcester, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcester | 6,425 | — | 50.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Studley | 6,039 | 3.6 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 3.7 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 32% |
| Astwood Bank | 3,248 | 3.9 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Inkberrow | 1,817 | 4.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 27% |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 5.3 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Redditch | 81,634 | 6 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Harvington | 1,717 | 6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Warwickshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Warwickshire (or England), summed the same way as Alcester’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 Alcester’s residents
What is the population of Alcester?
The 2021 Census counted 6,425 people in Alcester’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Alcester?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 87% of UK towns. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alcester?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alcester?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Alcester good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Alcester’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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