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52.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Old Arley is over 52.1

In Old Arley, 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. The census found that 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are common here: 52%, more than in 98% of UK towns. The village’s 261 households held 549 residents at the 2021 Census.

28%aged 65 or over 3.8%born abroad 261households

Ages

Old Arley sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.9%)

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Old ArleyEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 28% in Old Arley.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 245.9%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6431%

65 and over28%

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Old Arley

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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

Full-time students3%

Higher managerial and professional10%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate9.8%

Small employers and self-employed9.8%

Supervisory and technical6.3%

Semi-routine16%

Routine17%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.7%

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Old Arley

7.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 30% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 33% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Old Arley, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

In Old Arley, 23% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 87% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 23%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 1.5%

Against Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns

Old Arley

Warwickshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person34%

2 people39%

3 people13%

4 people10%

5 or more3.1%

England’s towns.

The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in 84% of UK towns. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Only 16% of households live in a detached house in Old Arley

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Old Arley

Warwickshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van18%

One37%

Two35%

Three or more10%

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Old Arley comes in at 18%. 0.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 16% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 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%

Old Arley

3.8%

Warwickshire’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.1%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 83% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Old Arley ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%

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

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.5%

Asian0%

Mixed2.7%

Black0.9%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 93% of Old Arley · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian59%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer5.5%

0%35%70%

Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 36%.

Relationships & caring

Old Arley: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 97% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership31%

Married or civil partnership49%

Separated1.3%

Divorced9.9%

Widowed8.9%

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

63residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.7%

20 to 49 hours3.3%

50 hours or more5.2%

For 27 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. Here nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: 26% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications30%

Apprenticeship7.2%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level26%

Old ArleyWarwickshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 26% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 30% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Old Arley is older than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

New ArleyAnsleyHartshillHurleyKeresley NewlandsBermudaNuneatonOld Arley

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Old Arley	549	—	52.1	28%	23%
New Arley	1,666	0.8 mi	38.7	13%	29%
Ansley	1,046	1.1 mi	42.2	18%	27%
Hartshill	2,826	3.2 mi	46.1	22%	28%
Hurley	1,420	4.2 mi	39.9	17%	33%
Keresley Newlands	3,631	4.2 mi	36.1	12%	39%
Bermuda	2,071	4.3 mi	33.5	6.8%	40%
Nuneaton	88,818	4.4 mi	40.1	18%	30%

More about Old Arley’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Old 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 Old Arley’s residents

What is the population of Old Arley?

The 2021 Census counted 549 people in Old Arley’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Old Arley?

The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Old Arley?

93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Old Arley?

36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.

Is Old Arley good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Old 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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