Photo: Kev747 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Wilmcote is over 54.4, older than 96% of UK towns
Households in flats make up 0.5%, against 23% across England’s towns. For Wilmcote, the census puts one-person households at 24%. At 22%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 88% of UK towns. The village had 940 residents in 401 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.3% in Wilmcote and 12% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 89% 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 its share of residents who moved in within the year (6.4%), Wilmcote is below 93% of UK towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Wilmcote sits above 90% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (3.7%)
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 average 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.
Fewer car-free households than 93% of UK towns: 7.6%
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 tops 91% of UK towns: 51%. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses account for 17%.
Wilmcote: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% of UK towns
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 (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Wilmcote sits lower than 78% of UK towns: 4%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns, at 58%
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: 95% of Wilmcote · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.2%). Wilmcote has fewer residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns, at 35%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Wilmcote has 95%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 96% of UK towns, at 59%
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
Unpaid carers make up just over one in ten residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. On the census count, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
43% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Wilmcote, 14%, while 43% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Wilmcote are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmcote | 940 | — | 54.4 | 31% | 22% |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | 28,112 | 2.9 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Snitterfield | 1,055 | 3.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 29% |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 3.9 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Tiddington | 1,687 | 4.2 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Alcester | 6,425 | 4.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Claverdon | 1,310 | 4.8 mi | 51.6 | 28% | 30% |
| Henley-in-Arden | 3,001 | 4.8 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 20% |
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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 Wilmcote’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 Wilmcote’s residents
What is the population of Wilmcote?
The 2021 Census counted 940 people in Wilmcote’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wilmcote?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wilmcote?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wilmcote?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wilmcote good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wilmcote’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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