Photo: John Welford · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Nuneaton is under 40.1, younger than 80% of UK towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British trails 83% of UK towns: 82%. At the same time, households without a car or van are more common here than in 71% of UK towns. Nuneaton counted 88,818 residents and 37,389 households at the 2021 Census. In Nuneaton, 26% of households live in a terraced house.
From 2011 to 2024, Nuneaton outgrew 79% of UK towns: +17%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Nuneaton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 81,500 people in 2011; 95,100 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+30%) and the 16 to 29 group least (+3%). Mid-2022 to mid-2023 brought the biggest yearly rise, 2,140 people.
A young town: 11% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 7.5% of residents. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 77% of UK towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Nuneaton, 40.1. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A student town: 5.2% of adults study full-time
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 Nuneaton, 28% and 31%. In Nuneaton, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a reference point, 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 71% 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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Nuneaton, 30%. In Nuneaton, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. One-person households are rarer here than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Households in flats make up 13% in Nuneaton, more than in 61% 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
The share of households in detached houses is 27%, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
Residents born outside the UK: 12%, a higher share than 80% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 92%, below 87% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (4.5%).
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 61% of UK towns, at 48%
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: 82% of Nuneaton · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Nuneaton, 38%. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.4%), Indian (5.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.8%).
Adults who have never married make up 36% in Nuneaton, more than in 71% of UK towns
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
2,595 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 62% of UK towns: 46%. On unpaid carers, 9.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 25% of adults in Nuneaton, 34% across England’s towns; 22% have no qualification, against 18%.
From a median age of 35 in Camp Hill to 52 in Whitestone
The town’s 12 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Whitestone is the oldest area, with 29% aged 65 or over; Camp Hill the youngest (median age 35). Families with children are most common in Camp Hill (35% of households).
Of 85 UK towns its size (62,000 to 120,000 people), the 36th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 29.8 in Salford to 48.4 in Paignton. Nearest to Nuneaton in age: Redditch (39.9), Chester (40), Cheltenham (40.1) and Gateshead (40.5).
Of the 7 towns nearest Nuneaton, 5 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton | 88,818 | — | 40.1 | 18% | 30% |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 1.2 mi | 33.5 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Hartshill | 2,826 | 2.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 28% |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 3.2 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Ansley | 1,046 | 3.4 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 27% |
| Mancetter and Witherley | 2,689 | 3.9 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 3.9 mi | 55 | 35% | 18% |
| New Arley | 1,666 | 4 mi | 38.7 | 13% | 29% |
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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 Nuneaton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Nuneaton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 89,437 people in 2021, against 88,818 in the built-up area.
- 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 Nuneaton’s residents
What is the population of Nuneaton?
The 2021 Census counted 88,818 people in Nuneaton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 95,100 people in mid-2024, 17% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Nuneaton?
The median age was 40.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 80% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nuneaton?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nuneaton?
38% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.9% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Nuneaton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Camp Hill (35% of households). Schools are on Nuneaton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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