Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Bulkington is over 55
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Bulkington has 61%. The town’s 2,655 households held 5,670 residents at the 2021 Census. In Bulkington, one in ten households live in a terraced house. Lower than in 91% of UK towns: 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Bulkington’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bulkington’s residents are under 55 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
613 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 90% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
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.
A change of +4% since 2011 leaves Bulkington behind 67% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bulkington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,100 people in 2011; 6,400 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2023 to mid-2024, up 120 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+16%) and the 45 to 64 least (−12%).
35% of Bulkington is 65 or over, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 8.9% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 7.8%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bulkington, 55. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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%.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 18% in Bulkington, less than in 97% 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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On the census count, a third of households are one person living alone.
Households in detached houses make up 24% in Bulkington, less than in 63% 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
Households without a car or van make up 14%, against 24% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households in flats: 8.5% here, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Bulkington ranks below 67% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 4.8%
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
Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 10%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 92% of UK towns: 31%
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: 93% of Bulkington · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.8%), Indian (1.7%) and Mixed or multiple (1%).
Bulkington: 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 82% 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
For 177 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 90% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Bulkington, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 25% have no qualification at all (18%).
Ranked by age, 35th oldest of 624 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Bulkington in age: Penrhyn Bay (54.6), Kinver (54.7), Kessingland (55) and Topsham (55).
Bulkington is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulkington | 5,670 | — | 55 | 35% | 18% |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 2.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 2.5 mi | 36.3 | 8.4% | 32% |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 3 mi | 33.5 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Ash Green | 2,562 | 3.6 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Nuneaton | 88,818 | 3.9 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 30% |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 4.7 mi | 36.1 | 12% | 39% |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 4.8 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Bulkington’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. Bulkington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,078 people in 2021, against 5,670 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 Bulkington’s residents
What is the population of Bulkington?
The 2021 Census counted 5,670 people in Bulkington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,400 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bulkington?
The median age was 55 at the 2021 Census, older than 97% of UK towns. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bulkington?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bulkington?
31% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bulkington good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bulkington’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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