Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.030% said they have no religion, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
With a median age of 49.1, Ash Green is older than four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 2,562, in 1,054 households. Households in flats: 5% of the total. 11% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.
25% of Ash Green is 65 or over, a higher share than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ash Green, 49.1. 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.
Ash Green ranks below 79% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.3%
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%.
Full-time students: 6% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Ash Green households average 2.4 people, larger than in 73% 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.
28% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of households have dependent children in Ash Green. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 65% of UK towns: 2.7%.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 75% of UK towns: 14%
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 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Ash Green comes in at 33%. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
10% born outside the UK, more than in 75% 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
95% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.9%) or in EU countries (3.1%).
Ash Green ranks below 89% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 76%
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: 76% of Ash Green · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 49% here and 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Indian (12%), Other White (3.4%) and Mixed or multiple (2.3%).
Ash Green ranks above 69% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 51%
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
63 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.2%.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Ash Green’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 21% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Ranked by age, 72nd oldest of 219 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest St Mary's Bay (60.8). Nearest to Ash Green in age: Downton (48.9), Christleton and Waverton (49.1), Kingsclere (49.1) and Kidwelly (49.1).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ash Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Green | 2,562 | — | 49.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 1.2 mi | 36.3 | 8.4% | 32% |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 1.2 mi | 36.1 | 12% | 39% |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 1.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Coventry | 344,289 | 3.2 mi | 34.9 | 14% | 31% |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 3.4 mi | 33.5 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 3.6 mi | 55 | 35% | 18% |
| New Arley | 1,666 | 4.2 mi | 38.7 | 13% | 29% |
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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.
- “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 Ash Green’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 Ash Green’s residents
What is the population of Ash Green?
The 2021 Census counted 2,562 people in Ash Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ash Green?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 80% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ash Green?
76% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ash Green?
30% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ash Green good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ash Green’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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