Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Pailton is over 52
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Pailton has 7.6%. Locally, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 88% of UK towns: 11%. Its 224 households held 483 residents at the 2021 Census.
6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Pailton has 27%. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.1%, a lower share than 84% 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%.
By class, 44% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The census found that 5.5% of adults are full-time students in Pailton. As a reference point, 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.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 93% of UK towns, at 21%
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.
One-person households: 32% here and 30% across England’s towns. 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Pailton sits above 93% of UK towns for households in detached houses (54%)
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 figure for households in flats is 9.2% in Pailton and 23% across England’s towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 3.9% of residents were born outside the UK in Pailton
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
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in Africa (1%).
No religion: 34% of residents, a lower share than 85% 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: 92% of Pailton · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (1.2%). Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 81% across Warwickshire’s towns and 73% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 94% of UK towns: 57%
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
9.7% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 28%.
Degree-level qualifications: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 42% of adults in Pailton, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Pailton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pailton | 483 | — | 52 | 27% | 21% |
| Brinklow | 1,121 | 2.8 mi | 52.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Long Lawford | 4,369 | 3.7 mi | 35.3 | 13% | 41% |
| Ullesthorpe | 1,162 | 4.3 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Lutterworth | 10,519 | 4.4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 29% |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 4.7 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 30% |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 5 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 22% |
| Cawston | 6,475 | 5.2 mi | 34.9 | 9.2% | 49% |
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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 Pailton’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 Pailton’s residents
What is the population of Pailton?
The 2021 Census counted 483 people in Pailton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pailton?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pailton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pailton?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Pailton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pailton’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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