Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wolvey is over 51.8, older than 91% of UK towns
Here 7.5% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Wolvey had 921 residents in 397 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van account for 8.8%. 23% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 94% of UK towns.
Wolvey ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.7%.
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.
Only 4.2% of adults are full-time students in Wolvey
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 take in 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 10% in Wolvey.
Wolvey ranks below 81% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 24%
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.
At 3.8%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
More households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 64%
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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment here. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns, at 99%
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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK here. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60%, a higher share than 94% 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: 93% of Wolvey · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.9%), Pakistani (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (1.2%). A third of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 28. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. At 27%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 85% of UK towns. With unpaid carers at 11%, Wolvey is ahead of 89% of UK towns on that count.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 34% of adults in Wolvey, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Wolvey is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolvey | 921 | — | 51.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 2.3 mi | 55 | 35% | 18% |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 3.8 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 4.2 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 25% |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 4.7 mi | 36.3 | 8.4% | 32% |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 4.7 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 4.8 mi | 33.5 | 6.8% | 40% |
| Ullesthorpe | 1,162 | 5 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 26% |
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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 Wolvey’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 Wolvey’s residents
What is the population of Wolvey?
The 2021 Census counted 921 people in Wolvey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wolvey?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wolvey?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wolvey?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Wolvey good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wolvey’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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