Photo: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.3: Binley Woods is older than 90% of UK towns
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Binley Woods comes in at 26%. At the same time, at 58%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 89% of UK towns. This Warwickshire town had 2,569 residents in 1,098 households at the 2021 Census. Households with dependent children account for 24%.
What the Census says about Binley Woods’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Binley Woods’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Binley Woods at 2,700 in 2011 and 2,600 in 2024, down 2%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 91% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
−2% since 2011: slower than 91% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Binley Woods’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,700 people in 2011; 2,600 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+25%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−24%).
Binley Woods sits above 91% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8% in Binley Woods. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Binley Woods, 51.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 91% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Binley Woods, 36% and 21%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 4.1% of adults are full-time students locally.
Below 77% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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 in Binley Woods hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% of the total. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
11% of households have no car or van, below 77% 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
Here 35% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 17%. Every 9th household or so has no car or van.
8.8% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 69% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Binley Woods, 96%. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.8%) and in EU countries (3%).
In Binley Woods, 30% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 94% 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 Binley Woods · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 84% in Binley Woods. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. After White British, the most common groups are Indian (6.7%), Other White (4.7%) and Mixed or multiple (1.3%).
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, a higher share than 95% 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
60 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in four fifths of UK towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Binley Woods, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 18% have no qualification at all (18%).
32nd oldest of 219 UK towns of 2,500 to 3,000 people
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 Binley Woods in age: Buckden (51.2), Hopton on Sea (51.3), Kirkbymoorside (51.5) and Endon (51.8).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Binley Woods
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binley Woods | 2,569 | — | 51.3 | 30% | 24% |
| Wolston | 2,693 | 1.6 mi | 44 | 22% | 28% |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1,829 | 2 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Brinklow | 1,121 | 2.7 mi | 52.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1,176 | 2.9 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Coventry | 344,289 | 4.1 mi | 34.9 | 14% | 31% |
| Long Lawford | 4,369 | 5 mi | 35.3 | 13% | 41% |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 5 mi | 36.3 | 8.4% | 32% |
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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 Binley Woods’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. Binley Woods’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,569 people in 2021, against 2,569 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 Binley Woods’s residents
What is the population of Binley Woods?
The 2021 Census counted 2,569 people in Binley Woods’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,600 people in mid-2024, 2% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Binley Woods?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 90% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Binley Woods?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Binley Woods?
30% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Binley Woods good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Binley Woods’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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