Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 86% of UK towns: 9.2%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, below just over three quarters of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Wolston’s population at 2,693, in 1,150 households. Across Wolston, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian. At 50%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 65% of UK towns.
Wolston sits above 55% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (22%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 30–34: 7.5% of residents. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. Half of Wolston’s residents are under 44, younger than in 54% of UK towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wolston, 44. 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.
Wolston ranks below 83% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.1%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Wolston, 40% and 20%. On the census count, 4.8% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
In Wolston, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 72% 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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Wolston, 29%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison. Households with dependent children account for 28%.
27% of households live in a terraced house, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 28% in Wolston. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. On the census count, 9.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 56% of UK towns: 98%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (1.1%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 16%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 92%, a higher share than 52% 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: 92% of Wolston · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.9%). Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 72% of UK towns.
Wolston sits below 52% of UK towns for adults who have never married (32%)
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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 57. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.4%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Wolston’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 35% have one at degree level (34%).
139th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
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 Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Wolston in age: Lane End (43.9), Scholes (near Cleckheaton) (44), Hatton (44.1) and Hardwick (44.1).
Around Wolston, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolston | 2,693 | — | 44 | 22% | 28% |
| Binley Woods | 2,569 | 1.6 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 24% |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1,176 | 1.7 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1,829 | 1.9 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Brinklow | 1,121 | 2.7 mi | 52.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Long Lawford | 4,369 | 3.8 mi | 35.3 | 13% | 41% |
| Cawston | 6,475 | 3.8 mi | 34.9 | 9.2% | 49% |
| Dunchurch | 2,603 | 5.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 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 Wolston’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 Wolston’s residents
What is the population of Wolston?
The 2021 Census counted 2,693 people in Wolston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wolston?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census, younger than 54% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wolston?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wolston?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wolston good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wolston’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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