Photo: Pebble · CC BY-SA 2.0Coleshill sits below 93% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.5%)
25% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. For Coleshill, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 60%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in three quarters of UK towns: 9%. The town counted 6,744 residents and 3,001 households at the 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 65% of UK towns: Coleshill changed by +11% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Coleshill’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,500 people in 2011; 7,200 in 2024.
The biggest one-year rise was mid-2020 to mid-2021, 190 people.
Older than 66% of UK towns: half of Coleshill is over 46.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.7% of residents. At 24%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coleshill, 46.7. 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 83% of UK towns, at 4.1%
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%.
34% of Coleshill’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 8.6%, fewer than in 51% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Above 78% of UK towns: 33% 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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
17% of households live in a flat, more than in 76% 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
25% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Households in detached houses are rarer here than in 75% of UK towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 15% of households have no car or van in Coleshill.
Below 73% of UK towns: 4.3% of residents were born outside the UK
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, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 15%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Locally, 98% of residents have English as their main language.
Below 84% of UK towns: 34% of residents said they have no religion
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: 92% of Coleshill · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.4%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 92%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 52% of UK towns.
More adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns: 34%
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
With married adults and civil partners at 45%, Coleshill is behind 69% of UK towns on that count. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Locally, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Coleshill, 27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 19% have no qualification at all (18%).
191st oldest of 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people
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 Coleshill in age: Hebden Bridge (46.7), Stocksbridge (46.7), Hadleigh (46.7) and Blackrod (46.8).
Around Coleshill, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleshill | 6,744 | — | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
| Water Orton | 3,484 | 1.6 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Curdworth | 1,146 | 2.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Kingsbury | 3,555 | 4.8 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 24% |
| Meriden | 2,203 | 5 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Hampton in Arden | 1,867 | 5.1 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Hurley | 1,420 | 5.1 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 33% |
| New Arley | 1,666 | 5.9 mi | 38.7 | 13% | 29% |
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 Coleshill’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. Coleshill’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,895 people in 2021, against 6,744 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 Coleshill’s residents
What is the population of Coleshill?
The 2021 Census counted 6,744 people in Coleshill’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,200 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Coleshill?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coleshill?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coleshill?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Coleshill good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coleshill’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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