Photo: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4%
Here 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Census day 2021: 289 residents and 102 households in Eastcote. For Eastcote, the census puts one-person households at 18%. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 5% of households live in a terraced house.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Eastcote’s residents are over 45.4, older than in 57% of UK towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Aldridge, the oldest of West Midlands’ towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Below 83% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Eastcote: 34% of households have dependent children, above 92% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Midlands’ towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Eastcote. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.9 people.
Households in detached houses: 58%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
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
4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 62% 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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
26% of residents said they have no religion, below 97% 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: 86% of Eastcote · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.8%), Pakistani (3.8%) and Mixed or multiple (2.4%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 76% of UK towns: 86%.
Eastcote ranks above 96% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 58%
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
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, 9.1% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Eastcote counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Eastcote 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastcote | 289 | — | 45.4 | 18% | 34% |
| Hampton in Arden | 1,867 | 1.5 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 2.2 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 30% |
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 3.1 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Meriden | 2,203 | 3.6 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Solihull | 107,754 | 3.8 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 29% |
| Cheswick Green | 2,743 | 4.5 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 32% |
| Hockley Heath | 1,899 | 4.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “West Midlands’ towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Midlands (or England), summed the same way as Eastcote’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 Eastcote’s residents
What is the population of Eastcote?
The 2021 Census counted 289 people in Eastcote’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eastcote?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eastcote?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eastcote?
26% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.8% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Eastcote good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eastcote’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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