Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Cawston is younger than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 34.9
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 7.6% in Cawston. The town has more married adults and civil partners than 89% of UK towns, at 55%. There were 2,338 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 6,475 residents. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 43% in the town.
What the Census says about Cawston’s people
A town of families
49% of Cawston’s 2,338 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns and the highest share in Warwickshire. 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Cawston’s residents are under 34.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 9.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Cawston at 4,200 in 2011 and 6,800 in 2024, up 64%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 98% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A town people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
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.
Cawston grew +64% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 98% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Cawston’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,200 people in 2011; 6,800 in 2024.
Mid-2021 to mid-2022 brought the biggest yearly rise, 350 people. The 16 to 29 age group moved most (+107%); the 65 and over group moved least (+8%).
Below 98% of UK towns: 9.2% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cawston, 34.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 96% of UK towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
At 7.3%, the share of full-time students is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Cawston sits above 99% of UK towns for households with dependent children (49%)
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.
The average household has 2.8 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Cawston, 17% of households are one person living alone.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 93% of UK towns: 55%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 6.9% in Cawston. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns. The census found that 16% of households live in a terraced house here.
A lower share of residents whose main language is English than 86% of UK towns, at 93%
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
12% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On the census count, 16% of residents were born outside the UK.
73% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 91% 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: 73% of Cawston · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Indian (8.8%), Other White (4.9%) and Mixed or multiple (3.8%). The figure for residents with no religion is 40% in Cawston and 37% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 95% of UK towns: 7.2%
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
Some 118 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Cawston has 32%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 48% of its adults qualified to degree level, Cawston compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 7.4% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 17% list A levels as their highest qualification.
9th lowest median age among 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000
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 Red Lodge (30.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Cawston in age: East Tilbury (33.8), Hattersley (34), Coningsby and Tattershall (35.1) and Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross (35.2).
The towns around Cawston are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cawston | 6,475 | — | 34.9 | 9.2% | 49% |
| Long Lawford | 4,369 | 1.5 mi | 35.3 | 13% | 41% |
| Dunchurch | 2,603 | 1.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 2.5 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 30% |
| Onley | 1,667 | 3.3 mi | 37.9 | 9.7% | 26% |
| Wolston | 2,693 | 3.8 mi | 44 | 22% | 28% |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 3.9 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 22% |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1,176 | 4 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Cawston’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. Cawston’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,283 people in 2021, against 6,475 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 Cawston’s residents
What is the population of Cawston?
The 2021 Census counted 6,475 people in Cawston’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,800 people in mid-2024, 64% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Cawston?
The median age was 34.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 96% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 9.2% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cawston?
73% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cawston?
40% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.2% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Cawston good for families?
49% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cawston’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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