Photo: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Broom is over 56.1
17% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 5.1% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 581 residents in Broom, living in 253 households. Married adults and civil partners: 62% of the total.
In Broom, 6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 31% in Broom and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.2% of adults are full-time students
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%.
In Broom, 42% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.6%.
In Broom, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Broom, 2.2. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 3.6%. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 94% of UK towns: 2.7%
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
Households in detached houses: 52% here and 21% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns: 99%
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 share of residents born outside the UK trails just over three fifths of UK towns: 5.3%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (1.4%).
In Broom, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 81% 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: 95% of Broom · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 54%, against 46% across England’s towns. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 70% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.3%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
In Broom, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 96% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 17. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. On unpaid carers, Broom sits lower than 82% of UK towns: 8.1%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of Broom’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Broom
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broom | 581 | — | 56.1 | 31% | 17% |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 0.9 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 32% |
| Alcester | 6,425 | 2.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Harvington | 1,717 | 3.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 3.8 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Offenham | 1,507 | 5.1 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Inkberrow | 1,817 | 5.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 27% |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 5.6 mi | 42.2 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Broom’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 Broom’s residents
What is the population of Broom?
The 2021 Census counted 581 people in Broom’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broom?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broom?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Broom?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Broom good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broom’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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