Photo: Unknown author · Public domainBrinklow is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 52.8
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Brinklow is home to 1,121 residents in 507 households, by the 2021 Census. In Brinklow, 22% of households have dependent children. On households without a car or van, Brinklow sits lower than 82% of UK towns: 10%.
What the Census says about Brinklow’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Brinklow’s residents are under 52.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% 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).
Below 97% of UK towns: 7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Brinklow, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 28%.
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.
Full-time students: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Here 5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 72% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in Brinklow.
Households in terraced houses: 31%, a higher share than 85% 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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Brinklow has 33%. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Brinklow: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 90% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Brinklow, more than in 93% 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: 96% of Brinklow · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.4%), Chinese (0.8%) and African (0.5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 34% of residents said they have no religion. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 96% in Brinklow and 73% across England’s towns.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops just over three quarters of UK towns: 52%. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 9.4% of residents give unpaid care.
A degree-level qualification for 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in Brinklow, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Brinklow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinklow | 1,121 | — | 52.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Binley Woods | 2,569 | 2.7 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 24% |
| Wolston | 2,693 | 2.7 mi | 44 | 22% | 28% |
| Long Lawford | 4,369 | 3.3 mi | 35.3 | 13% | 41% |
| Cawston | 6,475 | 4.3 mi | 34.9 | 9.2% | 49% |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1,176 | 4.3 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1,829 | 4.4 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 5.3 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 30% |
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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 Brinklow’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 Brinklow’s residents
What is the population of Brinklow?
The 2021 Census counted 1,121 people in Brinklow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brinklow?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brinklow?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brinklow?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Brinklow good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brinklow’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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