Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 99% of UK towns: half of Meon Vale is under 28.4
Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Meon Vale has 5.2%. The village had 1,413 residents in 516 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 17% of households are one person living alone. Fewer households without a car or van than in 89% of UK towns: 8.6%.
What the Census says about Meon Vale’s people
A village of families
52% of Meon Vale’s 516 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 31% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Meon Vale’s residents are under 28.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 2.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
21% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
54% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 38% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
2.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 0–4, with 13% of residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Meon Vale has 5.7%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 52%
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.
The typical household size is 2.8 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Locally, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
13% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 79% 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
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Meon Vale has 13%. Locally, 27% of households live in a detached house. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
14% born outside the UK, more than in 84% 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
Just over a tenth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Here, 92% of residents have English as their main language.
Meon Vale ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 54%
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: 81% of Meon Vale · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (9.8%), Mixed or multiple (3.7%) and Indian (1.6%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 81%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 38%, Meon Vale is behind 95% of UK towns on that count.
Meon Vale ranks above 97% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 47%
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
18 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 88% of UK towns: 41%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of Meon Vale’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as young as Meon Vale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | — | 28.4 | 2.8% | 52% |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 0.8 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 1.8 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 3.4 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 3.4 mi | 42.2 | 16% | 31% |
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 4.7 mi | 57 | 37% | 18% |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 5 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 5.4 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 32% |
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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 Meon Vale’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 Meon Vale’s residents
What is the population of Meon Vale?
The 2021 Census counted 1,413 people in Meon Vale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Meon Vale?
The median age was 28.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 2.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Meon Vale?
81% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Meon Vale?
54% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Meon Vale good for families?
52% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Meon Vale’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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