Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52: Shilton is older than 92% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Shilton, 64%. The village counted 286 residents and 124 households at the 2021 Census. Here, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of UK towns, at 7.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Shilton has 25%. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
In Shilton, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 70% 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, 41% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Across Shilton, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Only 23% of households in Shilton are one person living alone
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.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 26% in Shilton. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 3.2%, more than in 82% of UK towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Few flats: only 1.6% of households in Shilton live in one
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 51%, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 53% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 52% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
29% said they have no religion, fewer than in 94% 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: 86% of Shilton · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents are Muslim. Lower than in 77% of UK towns: 86% of residents describe themselves as White British. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Shilton, 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 87% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 7.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. The census found that 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Shilton. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of Shilton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
Shilton and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shilton | 286 | — | 52 | 25% | 26% |
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 1.7 mi | 55 | 35% | 18% |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 2.9 mi | 36.3 | 8.4% | 32% |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 3.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Brinklow | 1,121 | 3.7 mi | 52.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Ash Green | 2,562 | 4.1 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Binley Woods | 2,569 | 4.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 24% |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 4.6 mi | 33.5 | 6.8% | 40% |
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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 Shilton’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 Shilton’s residents
What is the population of Shilton?
The 2021 Census counted 286 people in Shilton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shilton?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shilton?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shilton?
29% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 1.1% didn’t answer.
Is Shilton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shilton’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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