Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 39.2: Warwick is younger than 84% of UK towns
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Warwick has 76%. At 31%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 77% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 36,673, in 15,731 households. Households in flats account for 21%.
What the Census says about Warwick’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Warwick at 31,500 in 2011 and 40,500 in 2024, up 28%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 93% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
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.
Warwick grew +28% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 93% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Warwick’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 31,500 people in 2011; 40,500 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2022 to mid-2023: 1,140 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+38%) and the 16 to 29 least (+18%).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Warwick, less than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Warwick sits higher than 57% of UK towns: 10%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Warwick, 39.2. 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.
Warwick sits above 78% of UK towns for full-time students (5.7%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.4%, a higher share than 84% 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. For Warwick, the census puts one-person households at 30%.
A town of terraces: 26% of households 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
Households in detached houses: 27%, below 57% of UK towns. 15% of households have no car or van, a higher share than in 51% of UK towns. Set beside that, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Above 86% of UK towns: 15% of residents were born outside the UK
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (5.2%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 92% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Of residents born abroad, 23% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
42% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 88% 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: 76% of Warwick · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.9%. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. More residents with no religion than in 55% of UK towns: 42%.
Warwick: 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 75% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 7.9%, from the figure across England’s towns. Here, 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
46% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Warwick, 46% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
From a median age of 32 in Bishops Tachbrook, Barford & Hatton Park to 43 in Warwick North
The town’s 5 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Warwick North is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; Bishops Tachbrook, Barford & Hatton Park the youngest (median age 32). Families with children are most common in Whitnash (50% of households).
Among 190 UK towns of 26,000 to 50,000 people, the 42nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.3 in Hatfield to 56.2 in Rustington. Nearest to Warwick in age: Dunstable (39), Willenhall (39.2), Haverhill (39.2) and Horley (39.2).
Older than Warwick: 6 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 36,673 | — | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Hampton Magna | 1,636 | 1.9 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 22% |
| Royal Leamington Spa | 51,321 | 2.1 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 24% |
| Leek Wootton | 1,003 | 2.4 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 2.5 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 2.5 mi | 42 | 11% | 39% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 2.8 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Barford | 1,428 | 3 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 35% |
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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 Warwick’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. Warwick’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 37,483 people in 2021, against 36,673 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 Warwick’s residents
What is the population of Warwick?
The 2021 Census counted 36,673 people in Warwick’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 40,500 people in mid-2024, 28% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Warwick?
The median age was 39.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 84% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Warwick?
76% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Warwick?
42% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Warwick good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Whitnash (50% of households). Schools are on Warwick’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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