Photo: Richard Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses make up 53% in New Arley, more than in 98% of UK towns
Households in flats make up 3.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Across New Arley, 38% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 90%, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. The village counted 1,666 residents and 730 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about New Arley’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of New Arley’s residents are under 38.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% 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).
Only 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In New Arley, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age here is 38.7, lower than in 87% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 80% of UK towns
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.7%, New Arley is behind 72% of UK towns on that count. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
New Arley ranks above 68% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 2.7%
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. Higher than in 62% of UK towns: 31% of households are one person living alone. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%. The share of households with dependent children stands at 29%.
Fewer households in detached houses than 85% of UK towns: 15%
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
Households without a car or van: 12% here and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 65% of UK towns: 97%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in Africa (1%). Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 13% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
48% of residents said they have no religion, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 90% of New Arley · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Indian (0.5%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 45% here, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
New Arley sits above 94% of UK towns for adults who have never married (42%)
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 51 people. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. On unpaid carers, New Arley sits higher than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 10%.
27% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around New Arley are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 New Arley’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 New Arley’s residents
What is the population of New Arley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,666 people in New Arley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in New Arley?
The median age was 38.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is New Arley?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in New Arley?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is New Arley good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on New Arley’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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