Photo: Oosoom · CC BY-SA 3.0Earlswood is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.1
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Earlswood has 4.2%. In Earlswood, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 651 people lived locally, in 262 households.
30% of Earlswood is 65 or over, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9%, against 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Earlswood ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of Earlswood’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 13%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 9.3%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 61% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
14% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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.
In Earlswood the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Locally, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van make up 3.9% in Earlswood, less than in 99% 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
1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 73% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Earlswood ranks above 84% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (3.5%) or in Africa (1.4%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Earlswood has 6.4%.
No religion: 24% of residents, a lower share than 98% 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: 90% of Earlswood · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90% of the total.
67% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 13 residents. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9.5% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Earlswood, 41% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Earlswood are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earlswood | 651 | — | 53.1 | 30% | 23% |
| Cheswick Green | 2,743 | 1.3 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 32% |
| Tidbury Green | 1,552 | 1.3 mi | 37 | 14% | 39% |
| Dickens Heath | 4,797 | 1.4 mi | 36 | 8.6% | 32% |
| Wythall | 2,077 | 2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Hockley Heath | 1,899 | 2.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 30% |
| Hollywood | 6,944 | 2.7 mi | 49.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 3.6 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 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 Earlswood’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 Earlswood’s residents
What is the population of Earlswood?
The 2021 Census counted 651 people in Earlswood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Earlswood?
The median age was 53.1 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Earlswood?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Earlswood?
24% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Earlswood good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Earlswood’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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