Warwickshire's Population - Interactive Report - Publications

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: The largest population group, both in terms of cohort proportion and population at 372,000. 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.

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 smilar proportion of the population, just below 60%.

Empowering Futures: The population of 0-17 year olds is proejcted 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.

Healthy Ageing: In Warwickshire 8% of those aged 65+ chose to not answer the census question. This means the LGB+ figures an under representation. 

Thriving Adults: Warwickshire's 25-64 population is composed of 92% straight, 5.5% not answered and 2.65% LGB+. The 25-34 range has more LGB+ females as compared to males, while it is the opposite for the 35-64 age range. 

Empowering Futures: Within Warwickshire this age range has the highest proportion of respondents identifying as LGB+ of any group at 6.9%.

Healthy Ageing: In the 65+ population, the smallest proportion reported a gender identity different from birth, at 0.2%. The proportion that didn't answer the question was 6%, 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%.

Healthy Ageing: Warwickshire's population aged 65+ in 2021 was 96.1% White (117,817) and 3.9% minority ethnic groups (4,801). The 'Asian' ethnic group is the second largest at 2.78% (3,407), while 'Other ethnic group' (0.48%, 588), 'Black' (0.40%, 489) and 'Mixed ethnic groups' (0.26%, 314) 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 (313,561), with 11.6% minority ethnic groups (41,264). The largest minority group was 'Asian' (7.2%, 25,473), while 'Black' (1.5%, 5,356), 'Mixed ethnic groups' (1.7%, 6,151) and 'Other ethnic group' (1.2%, 4,286) are similar in size.

Empowering Futures: Warwickshire's population aged 17 and under in 2021 was 84% White (100,296), with 16% minority ethnic groups (19,042). The 'Asian' ethnic group was the second largest at 7.1% (8,444), while 'Other ethnic group' (1.1%, 1,354) 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.

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.

Healthy Ageing: In 2021, 79% of those aged 65+ in Warwickshire reported being religious, with that made up of a majority categorised as 'Christian' at 76% and 3% other religion. Compared with younger age groups, older residents are much more likely to report a religion, although the proportion reporting 'no religion' has grown from 3.6% in 2001 to 16% in 2021.

Thriving Adults: In 2021, 53% of those aged 18-64 reported as being religious, with 42% reporting no religion. The proportion reporting no religion varied across the county; in Warwick it's the largest category at 44% and in Rugby it's the lowest at 39.5%. The proportion of this age group reporting as religious has been decreasing over time from 79% in 2001 to 67% in 2011. The largest religious category overall was 'Christian' at 45.5%.

Empowering Futures: In 2021, 47.6% of those aged 17 and under in Warwickshire reported no religion, which was similar to the proportion reporting as religious (46.3%), while a further 6.2% didn't answer the question.

Healthy Ageing: In 2021, 95% of those aged 65+ in Warwickshire are either currently, or have been previously, married or in a civil partnership; 61% are currently married or in a civil partnership, with the other 34% either divorced, separated or widowed. Over time, the proportion reporting divorced has increased from 2.6% in 1991 to 11% in 2021. In the same period, those reporting 'widowed' shrank from 35.5% to 23%.

Thriving Adults: In 2021, a third of all those aged 25-64 in Warwickshire had never been married or in a civil partnership, with the other two thirds either currently married, divorced/separated or widowed. This is the highest on record, and much higher than the 13% recorded in 1991. It ranges from 29.5% in Stratford-on-Avon to 35% in Warwick and Nuneaton & Bedworth.

Empowering Futures: In the 2021 Census, the question on marital/civil partnership status was asked of those aged 16+, which is why the age band is 16-24. Of those aged 16-24, almost all reported never being married or in a civil partnership (99%). The proportion of this population who have been married or in a civil partnership has shrunk from 10.5% in 1991 to 1% in 2021.

Healthy Ageing: IDAOPI does not perfectly align with the Healthy Ageing 65+ year-old population, as it measures anyone over 60 who experiences income deprivation. It also does not include older people who are financially struggling but not accessing means-tested income benefits, whether because they are not claiming any benefits or only receiving non-means-tested benefits such as State Pension or disability benefits.

Thriving Adults: The income and employment domains do not perfectly align with the Thriving Adults 18-64 year-old population as the income domain is an all-age indicator and the employment domain covers those aged 16-64. As the income domain is based on receipt of specific means-tested benefits, it does not include people on low incomes who do not claim qualifying benefits or who receive non-means-tested benefits.

Empowering Futures: IDACI does not cover the whole of the Empowering Futures 0-18 age range, focusing on children aged 0-15. As IDACI is defined by eligibility for specific means-tested benefits, it does not include children whose families are low income but not claiming benefits or who are claiming non-means-tested benefits.