Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Bedworth sits below 79% of UK towns for households in detached houses (18%)
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 84%, against 73% across England’s towns. Just over a fifth of households have no car or van. With a median age of 42.6, Bedworth is younger than 65% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Bedworth was home to 31,083 people in 13,169 households.
+5% since 2011, a pace below 62% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bedworth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 30,100 people in 2011; 31,500 in 2024.
The biggest one-year rise was mid-2023 to mid-2024, 510 people. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+24%) and 16 to 29 least (−5%).
Bedworth: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.3% of residents. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Bedworth, 21%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bedworth, 42.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 82% 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%.
Compared with 7.9% across England’s towns, 5.1% of adults are full-time students here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bedworth households average 2.4 people, larger than in 67% 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.
Households with dependent children make up 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Bedworth has 2.4%.
Above 58% of UK towns: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a terraced house here.
In Bedworth, 93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 84% 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
9.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.5%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
No religion: 39% of residents, a lower share than 65% 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: 84% of Bedworth · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Indian (5.2%), Other White (4.6%) and Mixed or multiple (1.7%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 79% of UK towns: 11% of residents
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
The share of adults who have never married tops 68% of UK towns: 35%. Married adults and civil partners account for 44%. Typically, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bedworth’s adults: 20% with a degree-level qualification and 26% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 39 in Bedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall to 46 in Bedworth Woodlands
The town’s 5 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Bedworth Woodlands is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; Bedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Bedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall (33% of households).
Of 211 UK towns its size (22,000 to 42,000 people), the 100th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Hatfield is the youngest (30.3); Rustington the oldest (56.2). Nearest to Bedworth in age: Wickford (42.5), Long Eaton (42.6), Frome (42.6) and Ashington (42.7).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Bedworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedworth | 31,083 | — | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 1.3 mi | 36.3 | 8.4% | 32% |
| Ash Green | 2,562 | 1.5 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 2 mi | 33.5 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 2.4 mi | 36.1 | 12% | 39% |
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 2.5 mi | 55 | 35% | 18% |
| Nuneaton | 88,818 | 3.2 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 30% |
| New Arley | 1,666 | 4.1 mi | 38.7 | 13% | 29% |
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.
- “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 Bedworth’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. Bedworth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 30,747 people in 2021, against 31,083 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 Bedworth’s residents
What is the population of Bedworth?
The 2021 Census counted 31,083 people in Bedworth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 31,500 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bedworth?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bedworth?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 9.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bedworth?
39% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bedworth good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Bedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall (33% of households). Schools are on Bedworth’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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