Photo: Karen Roe · CC BY 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% in Long Compton, less than in 99% of UK towns
One-person households are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Long Compton was home to 874 people in 375 households. For Long Compton, the census puts households in flats at 1.9%. With households without a car or van at 6.9%, Long Compton is behind 95% of UK towns on that count.
Older than 86% of UK towns: half of Long Compton is over 50.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
28% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Only 3.5% of adults are full-time students in Long Compton
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Long Compton has 46% and 16%. On residents who moved in within the year, Long Compton sits higher than 54% of UK towns: 8.9%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Long Compton, 26% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 59% 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 53% of UK towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 86% of UK towns, at 46%
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 terraced houses (18%), Long Compton is below three fifths of UK towns. 1.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 46% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 7.7% in Long Compton, more than in 62% 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 (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in 58% of UK towns.
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 79% 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: 93% of Long Compton · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion here. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. In Long Compton, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 61%
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 21 residents. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 45%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 45% of adults in Long Compton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Long Compton is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Compton | 874 | — | 50.2 | 28% | 26% |
| Chipping Norton | 6,991 | 3.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Hook Norton | 2,188 | 4.1 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 5 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Shipston-on-Stour | 5,852 | 5.4 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 7.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 7.9 mi | 53.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 8.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 34% |
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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 Long Compton’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 Long Compton’s residents
What is the population of Long Compton?
The 2021 Census counted 874 people in Long Compton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Long Compton?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Compton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Long Compton?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Long Compton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Long Compton’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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