Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Lighthorne is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 60.4
With married adults and civil partners at 59%, Lighthorne is ahead of 97% of UK towns on that count. Census day 2021: 432 residents and 210 households in the village. The share of households with dependent children stands at 11%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 6.7%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
In Lighthorne, 40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Lighthorne, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.1%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 1.8%
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 Lighthorne, 43% and 17%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.8% of the total.
Smaller households than 95% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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 Lighthorne, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village.
Fewer households in flats than 94% of UK towns: 2.8%
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
Detached houses are home to 44% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here, 11% of households live in a terraced house.
In Lighthorne, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (1.9%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Lighthorne has 6.7%.
64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 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: 96% of Lighthorne · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.1%), Chinese (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.9%). On residents with no religion, Lighthorne sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 32%. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Lighthorne has 96%.
Lighthorne ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 18%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 9. One in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 68% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 41% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 41% of its adults qualified to degree level, Lighthorne compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 20% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Lighthorne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthorne | 432 | — | 60.4 | 40% | 11% |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 2.9 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 3.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 3.5 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 30% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 3.7 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Wellesbourne | 7,015 | 3.8 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 4.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Barford | 1,428 | 5.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 35% |
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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 Lighthorne’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 Lighthorne’s residents
What is the population of Lighthorne?
The 2021 Census counted 432 people in Lighthorne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lighthorne?
The median age was 60.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lighthorne?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lighthorne?
32% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lighthorne good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lighthorne’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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