'Cook's Cottages' · Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Whitnash ranks below 92% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 70%
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Whitnash, 2.4. Here, 25% of households are one person living alone. 14% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 77% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 8,914 residents and 3,643 households locally.
A median age of 40.9: Whitnash is younger than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%, against 18% across England’s towns. For Whitnash, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Whitnash, 40.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 53% of UK towns: 4.8%
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 account for nearly two fifths of Whitnash’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More shared houses than 92% of UK towns: 3.9% of households
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.
30% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Whitnash ranks below 73% of UK towns on households in flats: 6.9%
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 without a car or van: 13%, below 62% of UK towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 19% of households live in a detached house in Whitnash.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 89% of UK towns: 17%
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
Residents whose main language is English are about as common here as across England’s towns: 90%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (7%) and in EU countries (7%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 88% of UK towns, at 33%
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: 70% of Whitnash · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 46%. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. 1.2% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
Whitnash ranks above 68% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 51%
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
202 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Fewer unpaid carers than in 67% of UK towns: 8.8%. Adults who have never married: 32% here and 39% across England’s towns.
37% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Whitnash, 17%, while 37% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of 482 UK towns its size (6,000 to 12,000 people), the 94th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Whitnash in age: Grove (40.8), Yaxley (40.9), Hook (40.9) and Shotton (40.9).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Whitnash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitnash | 8,914 | — | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Radford Semele | 2,301 | 1.4 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 30% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 1.6 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Royal Leamington Spa | 51,321 | 1.7 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 24% |
| Warwick | 36,673 | 2.5 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Cubbington | 3,895 | 3.3 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 28% |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 3.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Barford | 1,428 | 3.8 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 35% |
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 Whitnash’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 Whitnash’s residents
What is the population of Whitnash?
The 2021 Census counted 8,914 people in Whitnash’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whitnash?
The median age was 40.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whitnash?
70% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 17% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whitnash?
33% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Whitnash good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whitnash’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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