Photo: Ajuk at English Wikipedia . · Public domainYounger than 69% of UK towns: half of Southam is under 42
16% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. For Southam, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 53%. On shared households of unrelated adults, Southam sits lower than just over two thirds of UK towns: 2%. The 2021 Census counted 8,103 residents in 3,588 households.
What the Census says about Southam’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Southam at 6,600 in 2011 and 9,200 in 2024, up 41%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 96% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A town people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A growing town: +41% since 2011, faster than 96% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Southam’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,600 people in 2011; 9,200 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2020 to mid-2021, up 550 people. The 30 to 44 group saw the biggest change (+60%), the 45 to 64 group the smallest (+22%).
In Southam, 20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 25–29 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Southam, 42. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 15%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students: 4.3% of the total. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 67% 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.
Locally, 27% of households have dependent children. One-person households: 30%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Only 13% of households in Southam have no car or van
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 terraced houses is 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. 27% of households live in a detached house. Every 8th household or so has no car or van.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 58% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
Below 60% of UK towns: 91% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 91% of Southam · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
39% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (1.3%).
Southam ranks below 91% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 7.6%
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
34% of Southam’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 47% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%. For 142 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Southam compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people: this is the 114th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Southam in age: Oakdale (41.9), Annfield Plain (42), Alfreton (42.2) and Ibstock (42.2).
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Southam
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southam | 8,103 | — | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Stockton | 1,504 | 1.7 mi | 43.9 | 18% | 28% |
| Long Itchington | 2,500 | 1.9 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Napton on the Hill | 1,063 | 2.9 mi | 46.6 | 22% | 28% |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 3.1 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 30% |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 3.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Radford Semele | 2,301 | 4.9 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 30% |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 5.9 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Southam’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. Southam’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,103 people in 2021, against 8,103 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 Southam’s residents
What is the population of Southam?
The 2021 Census counted 8,103 people in Southam’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 9,200 people in mid-2024, 41% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Southam?
The median age was 42 at the 2021 Census, younger than 69% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Southam?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Southam?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Southam good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Southam’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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