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Warwickshire is home to a diverse and growing population, with communities that differ in their age, background, experiences and health needs. Understanding who lives in Warwickshire, how our population is changing, and where different groups live helps us plan services, target resources and improve health and wellbeing for everyone.
Explore the Warwickshire’s Population dashboard to discover key insights about Warwickshire's population and the people who make our county unique. Aligned with the life-course JSNA approach, it explores the whole population and then dives into three key age groups:
- 0-17 year-olds (Empowering Futures JSNA)
- 18-64 year-olds (Thriving Adults JSNA)
- 65+ year-olds (Healthy Ageing JSNA)
- Executive summary
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Key insights include:
Population estimates
Healthy Ageing: 20.6% of the Warwickshire population is aged 65 and over. This ranges from 18% in Rugby to 25% in Stratford-on-Avon.
Thriving Adults: There are 372,000 adults aged 18-64 in Warwickshire, representing 58.9% of the population. The proportion of the population in this group is 59%, ranging from 56% in Stratford-on-Avon to 61% in Warwick.
Empowering Futures: 20.5% of the Warwickshire population is under 18, despite being a smaller age range. This ranges from 18.5% in Stratford-on-Avon to 22.5% in Rugby.
Population projections
Healthy Ageing: Warwickshire's older population is projected to increase 21% from 2022 to over 152,000 by 2032, then grow a further 17% to reach 178,000 by 2047. The proportion aged 65+ is set to increase from 21% in 2022 to 24% in 2047.
Thriving Adults: The working age population is projected to increase 10% from 2022 to 369,500 by 2032, then grow a further 11% to reach 440,000 by 2047. Despite this, it will make up a similar proportion of the population, just below 60%.
Empowering Futures: The population of 0–17-years-old is projected to increase at the slowest rate, growing just 6.5% by 2047 to 130,000. The proportion aged under 18 is set to decrease from 20% in 2022 to 17.4% in 2047.
Sexual orientation
Healthy Ageing: In Warwickshire older adults had the smallest number saying they were LGB+ in the census, but 8% of those aged 65+ chose not to answer the question, meaning the LGB+ figures are an under representation.
Thriving Adults: 92% of Warwickshire's 25-64 population said they were straight in the census, 5.5% did not answer that question, and 2.65% said they were LGB+.
Empowering Futures: Within Warwickshire the 16-24 age range has the highest proportion of respondents identifying as LGB+ of any group at 6.9%.
Gender identity
Healthy Ageing: The 65+ population in Warwickshire had the smallest proportion saying their gender identity is different from that registered at birth, at 0.2%. 6% didn’t answer the question, slightly higher than other age groups.
Thriving Adults: In the 25-64 age range, 0.34% reported a gender identity different from birth. The largest category of gender identity different from birth was 'all other gender identities'.
Empowering Futures: The gender identity question was only asked of those 16 and over, with data available on those aged 16-24. This age group had the largest proportion reporting a gender identity different from birth, at 0.8%. Warwick District had the highest proportion of 16-24 year olds with a gender identity different from birth, at 0.94%, and North Warwickshire the lowest at 0.6%.
Ethnicity
Healthy Ageing: Warwickshire's population aged 65+ in 2021 was 96.1% White and 3.9% minority ethnic groups. The 'Asian' ethnic group is the second largest at 2.78%, while 'Other ethnic group', 'Black', and 'Mixed ethnic groups' have smaller proportions. This age range is less ethnically diverse than younger groups.
Thriving Adults: Warwickshire's population aged 18 to 64 years in 2021 was 88.4% White, with 11.6% minority ethnic groups. The largest minority group was 'Asian' at 7.2%, while 'Black', 'Mixed ethnic groups', and 'Other ethnic group' are similar in size.
Empowering Futures: Warwickshire's population aged 17 and under in 2021 was 84% White, with 16% minority ethnic groups. The 'Asian' ethnic group was the second largest at 7.1%, while 'Other ethnic group' is the smallest. This age group is the most ethnically diverse within Warwickshire but still has lower proportions of minority ethnic groups when compared to England.
Disability
Healthy Ageing: In 2021, 33% of those aged 65+ in Warwickshire reported a disability. More females in this age group reported a disability than males (35% vs 31%) and disability levels increased with age to a high of 58% in those aged 85+.
Thriving Adults: In 2021, 14% of those aged 18-64 in Warwickshire reported a disability, lower than England at 15.5%. More females in this age group reported a disability than males (16.4% vs 12.4%) and there was variation within Warwickshire with Nuneaton & Bedworth recording the highest at 17% and Warwick the lowest at 13%.
Empowering Futures: In 2021, 7% of those aged 17 and under in Warwickshire reported a disability. There were regional differences, with Nuneaton & Bedworth at 7.9% of the population reporting a disability compared with 6.1% in Warwick.