Photo: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of one-person households than 90% of UK towns, at 36%
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 30% in Atherstone. At the 2021 Census Atherstone was home to 8,666 people in 3,946 households. Across Atherstone, two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Few places have as many households in flats: 19% here, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
Since 2011, Atherstone has grown +8%, faster than 53% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Atherstone’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 8,400 people in 2011; 9,100 in 2024.
Mid-2014 to mid-2015 brought the biggest yearly rise, 170 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+23%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−5%).
Atherstone ranks below 55% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.8% of residents. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, more than in 58% of UK towns. On average, 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+
■ Atherstone, 44. 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.
Atherstone sits above 57% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.1%)
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%.
By class, nearly a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 36% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Atherstone has more full-time students than 52% of UK towns, at 4.9%. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 82% 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.
The figure for households with dependent children is 25% in Atherstone and 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van: 23%, a higher share than 82% 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
On households in detached houses, 21% here is much the same as across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Only 95% of residents have English as their main language in Atherstone
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
Of residents born abroad, 24% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 54% of UK towns. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54%, a higher share than 74% 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: 91% of Atherstone · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.7%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. On residents with no religion, Atherstone sits lower than three fifths of UK towns: 39%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; locally, 91%.
Atherstone: 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 78% 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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care here. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 278 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 21% of Atherstone’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 26% have no qualification (18%).
Of 482 UK towns its size (6,000 to 12,000 people), the 205th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Atherstone in age: Launceston (43.9), Barnton (44), Cinderford (44) and Tring (44).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Atherstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherstone | 8,666 | — | 44 | 21% | 25% |
| Mancetter and Witherley | 2,689 | 0.8 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Grendon | 2,427 | 2.4 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 32% |
| Baddesley Ensor | 1,285 | 2.4 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 23% |
| Hartshill | 2,826 | 2.4 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 28% |
| Ansley | 1,046 | 3.8 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 27% |
| Polesworth and Dordon | 7,552 | 3.8 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 28% |
| Warton | 1,472 | 4 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 29% |
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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 Atherstone’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Atherstone’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,940 people in 2021, against 8,666 in the built-up area.
- 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 Atherstone’s residents
What is the population of Atherstone?
The 2021 Census counted 8,666 people in Atherstone’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 9,100 people in mid-2024, 8% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Atherstone?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census, younger than 54% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Atherstone?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Atherstone?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Atherstone good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Atherstone’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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