Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0Harbury sits below 93% of UK towns for households without a car or van (7.8%)
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 97% of UK towns: 59%. At the 2021 Census Harbury was home to 2,751 people in 1,174 households. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 57%. On residents aged 65 and over, Harbury sits higher than 83% of UK towns: 28%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of UK towns, at 8.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. The median age in Harbury is 48.4, higher than in 76% of UK towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Harbury, 48.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 80% of UK towns: 4.1% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Harbury, 48% and 16%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Harbury ranks below 85% of UK towns on one-person households: 25%
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 Harbury, 2.3. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6% in the town. On households with dependent children, Harbury sits lower than three fifths of UK towns: 26%.
53% of households live in a detached house, more than in 92% 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
By its share of households in flats (4%), Harbury is below 88% of UK towns. 12% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 83% of UK towns
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
4.9% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 81% of UK towns, at 35%
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: 94% of Harbury · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (1%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 90% of UK towns: 26%
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 67 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. At 9.2%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
45% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 45% of its adults qualified to degree level, Harbury compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (18%).
198th oldest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 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 Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Harbury in age: Mytholmroyd (48.4), Hemingford Grey (48.4), Trimley St Mary (48.4) and Mayland (48.4).
The towns around Harbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbury | 2,751 | — | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 1.7 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 30% |
| Southam | 8,103 | 3.3 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Radford Semele | 2,301 | 3.4 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 30% |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 3.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 3.9 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Long Itchington | 2,500 | 4.3 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Stockton | 1,504 | 4.9 mi | 43.9 | 18% | 28% |
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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 Harbury’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 Harbury’s residents
What is the population of Harbury?
The 2021 Census counted 2,751 people in Harbury’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Harbury?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 76% of UK towns. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Harbury?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Harbury?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Harbury good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Harbury’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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