Photo: Snowmanradio · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 4.6% of households have no car or van in Leek Wootton
Set against 39% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Leek Wootton. The village’s 416 households held 1,003 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 22%. 4.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Leek Wootton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Leek Wootton’s residents are under 51.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 90% of UK towns: half of Leek Wootton is over 51.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3%, against 12% across England’s towns. Locally, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, a share 72% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 80% 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.
There is little gap on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% here, fewer than in 73% of UK towns.
Households in detached houses make up 67% in Leek Wootton, more 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Leek Wootton, 4.6%. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns.
8.1% born outside the UK, more than in 64% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%.
27% of residents said they have no religion, below 97% 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: 89% of Leek Wootton · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (63%), Leek Wootton is above 97% of UK towns. Meanwhile, fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 89%. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4%), Indian (2.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.9%).
Leek Wootton ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 66%
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
17 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 68% of UK towns: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
54% of Leek Wootton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8% have none (18%).
Leek Wootton sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leek Wootton | 1,003 | — | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
| Kenilworth | 22,239 | 1.8 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Warwick | 36,673 | 2.4 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 2.6 mi | 42 | 11% | 39% |
| Royal Leamington Spa | 51,321 | 2.7 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 24% |
| Cubbington | 3,895 | 3 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 28% |
| Hampton Magna | 1,636 | 3.2 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 22% |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 4.2 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
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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 Leek Wootton’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 Leek Wootton’s residents
What is the population of Leek Wootton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,003 people in Leek Wootton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leek Wootton?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leek Wootton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leek Wootton?
27% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Leek Wootton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leek Wootton’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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