Church of St Leonard · Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.08% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 93% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 11%, Wellesbourne is behind 77% of UK towns on that count. For Wellesbourne, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 53%. Higher than in 86% of UK towns: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Census day 2021: 7,015 residents and 3,072 households in the town.
What the Census says about Wellesbourne’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Wellesbourne at 5,400 in 2011 and 7,400 in 2024, up 38%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 96% 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.
Growth of +38% since 2011 puts Wellesbourne ahead of 96% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Wellesbourne’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,400 people in 2011; 7,400 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 30 to 44 changed most (+71%) and 45 to 64 least (+13%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2016 to mid-2017: 350 people.
23% of Wellesbourne is 65 or over, a higher share than 60% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.2% of residents. The median age in Wellesbourne is 44.5, higher than in 50% of UK towns. The wider picture: 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+
■ Wellesbourne, 44.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Only 4.5% of adults are full-time students in Wellesbourne
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%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% 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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns: 29%. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 51% of UK towns.
Wellesbourne ranks above 85% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 45%
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
By its share of households in flats (7.2%), Wellesbourne is below 71% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%. Here, 16% of households live in a terraced house.
Wellesbourne sits below 68% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (96%)
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.8% in Wellesbourne. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91% in Wellesbourne, less than in 58% 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: 91% of Wellesbourne · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 37%. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.9%). By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Wellesbourne sits below 81% of UK towns for adults who have never married (28%)
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
Wellesbourne sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. 170 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Qualified to degree level: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 37% of adults in Wellesbourne, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Of 473 UK towns its size (5,000 to 9,000 people), the 202nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Red Lodge (30.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Wellesbourne in age: Easington (44.5), Barrow upon Soar (44.5), Haddenham (44.5) and Horden (44.6).
Wellesbourne and its 7 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesbourne | 7,015 | — | 44.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Tiddington | 1,687 | 3.3 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Barford | 1,428 | 3.6 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 35% |
| Ettington | 1,064 | 3.8 mi | 47.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 4.4 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 4.4 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | 28,112 | 5 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Snitterfield | 1,055 | 5.1 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 29% |
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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 Wellesbourne’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. Wellesbourne’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,832 people in 2021, against 7,015 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 Wellesbourne’s residents
What is the population of Wellesbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 7,015 people in Wellesbourne’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,400 people in mid-2024, 38% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Wellesbourne?
The median age was 44.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 50% of UK towns. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wellesbourne?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wellesbourne?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wellesbourne good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wellesbourne’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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