Socio-economic statistics for Alcester, Warwickshire

Is Alcester in Stratford-on-Avon a nice place to live or is it a bit rough? We have collated a series of socio-economic statistics and demographics from UK government sources such as the 2021 Census and the Index of Multiple Deprivation. They should give you a broad snapshot of the area and the surrounding locations. Are the residents of Alcester older than the national average or younger? What is the population of Alcester and Stratford-on-Avon? What is the claimant count in Alcester and how many residents are unemployed? This page should provide you with the answers.

What are the occupations of the residents of Alcester?

The largest employment sector in Alcester is Professional Occupations. The smallest employment sector is Process Plant & Machine Operatives.

Sector	Proportion
Professional Occupations	22.92%
Managers, Directors & Senior Officials	20.31%
Associate Professional & Technical	13.89%
Administrative & Secretarial	10.65%
Skilled Trades	9.9%
Elementary Occupations	6.25%
Caring, leisure & Other Services	6.19%
Process Plant & Machine Operatives	3.47%

Source: Office for National Statistics (30 June 2020)

Alcester Age Distribution Statistics

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 Census and the calculated the proportion of age groups in Alcester & Rural.

Age Band	Proportion
4 & under
5 - 9 years
10 - 15 years
16 - 19 years
20 - 24 years
25 - 34 years
35 - 49 years
50 - 64 years
65 - 74 years
75 - 84 years
85 years & over

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Alcester Health Statistics

Alcester & Rural has a lower proportion of residents (very_good_pc-$ward_health->very_good_pc, 2)%) describing their health as very good than the national average for England.

Area	VG	G	F	B	VB
Alcester & Rural	48.39%	34.79%	13.04%	2.54%	1.24%
Stratford-on-Avon	49.64%	34.28%	12.02%	3.17%	0.89%
West Midlands	46.4%	34.38%	13.54%	4.37%	1.31%
England	48.49%	33.71%	12.65%	3.98%	1.17%

VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, B = Bad & VB = Very Bad

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

How has the health of residents in Stratford-on-Avon changed since 2011?

Stratford-on-Avon residents who describe their health as either good or very good has increased by 0.87% between the 2011 and 2021 census.

Year	VG	G	F	B	VB
2011	48.22%	34.83%	12.71%	3.36%	0.88%
2021	49.64%	34.28%	12.02%	3.17%	0.89%

VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, B = Bad & VB = Very Bad

Source: Census 2011/2021 (Nomis/ONS)

How many residents own or rent their home in Alcester and Stratford-on-Avon

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 census and calculated what proportion of people in Alcester either own or rent their home. All percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. 80.28 of residents own their home either outright or mortgaged. 19.72 of Alcester residents rent their home either privately or through a social landlord.

Area	Owned	Rented
Alcester & Rural	80.28%	19.72%
Stratford-on-Avon	70.84%	29.16%
West Midlands	62.8%	37.2%
England	61.31%	38.69%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Alcester has a significantly higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is indicative or an economically wealthy area.

Alcester compared to other wards in Stratford-on-Avon

#	Ward	Owned	Rented
1	Tanworth-in-Arden	86.27%	13.73%
2	Wotton Wawen	81.18%	18.82%
3	Snitterfield	81.14%	18.86%
4	Alcester & Rural	80.28%	19.72%
5	Tiddington	79.79%	20.21%
6	Shottery	78.73%	21.27%
7	Kinwarton	78.49%	21.51%
8	Welford-on-Avon	77.78%	22.22%
9	Ettington	76.91%	23.09%
10	Red Horse	75.49%	24.51%
11	Harbury	75.44%	24.56%
12	Studley with Mappleborough Green	74.29%	25.71%
13	Brailes & Compton	74.05%	25.95%
14	Napton & Fenny Compton	73.97%	26.03%
15	Kineton	73.03%	26.97%
16	Long Itchington & Stockton	72.78%	27.22%
17	Bidford West & Salford	72.64%	27.36%
18	Studley with Sambourne	72.61%	27.39%
19	Bridgetown	72.15%	27.85%
20	Bishop's Itchington	72%	28%
21	Shipston South	71.63%	28.37%
22	Southam South	70.75%	29.25%
23	Wellesbourne West	70.36%	29.64%
24	Wellesbourne East	70.26%	29.74%
25	Bishopton	69.39%	30.61%
26	Henley-in-Arden	68.13%	31.87%
27	Shipston North	68.06%	31.94%
28	Bidford East	67.94%	32.06%
29	Southam North	67.82%	32.18%
30	Quinton (Stratford-on-Avon)	64.94%	35.06%
31	Welcombe	64.79%	35.21%
32	Guildhall (Stratford-on-Avon)	60.11%	39.89%
33	Hathaway	58.36%	41.64%
34	Alcester Town	55.69%	44.31%
35	Clopton	50.08%	49.92%
36	Avenue (Stratford-on-Avon)	49.42%	50.58%

Alcester is ranked 4 out of 36 wards in Stratford-on-Avon for the percentage of home owners.

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Alcester Education Statistics

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 census to found of the level of education Alcester residents have in terms of formal qualifications as a percentage. The UK government breaks qualifications down into 7 levels. A detailed explanation of these levels can be found here. However, the Census groups these into just 4 \'levels\'. Here are some examples of the qualifications each census level represents when not stated;

Level 1 - GCSE grades D, E, F, or G & below
Level 2 - GCSE A*, A, B, C or O Level grades A, B or C
Level 3 - A or AS qualification at any grade
Level 4 - HNC, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree or Phd

In this first table we have compared Alcester to the national average for England.

Level	Alcester & Rural	England
No Qualifications	14.35%	18.08%
Level 1	9.01%	9.69%
Level 2	13.23%	13.32%
Apprenticeship	5.08%	5.32%
Level 3	15.02%	16.92%
Level 4	40.67%	33.92%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Alcester Unemployment Statistics

Since the introduction of Universal Credit, The Department for Work & Pensions have not issued any statistics (in our view) that can be used to ascertain the levels of unemployment or under employment in the UK, just meaningless geographic counts. However, the Office of National Statistics does publish claimant counts of people receiving out of work benefits, be that legacy Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit as a proportion of people over 16. These figures are usually updated once a month and are for Local Authority Districts and Unitary Authority Districts. So below are the figures of Stratford-on-Avon.

Area	Unemployed	Yearly Change
Stratford-on-Avon	2%	-0.3%
West Midlands	5%	-0.3%
England	3.8%	-0.3%
UK	3.7%	-0.3%

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Last Retrieved: March 2023

The 2021 census had data on people who were economically active (seeking work) yet unemployed on Census day (Sunday March 21st 2021). These statitics do cover Alcester on a ward level. However, it has to be noted that the Census day was during the height of the Covid19 pandemic and therefore are not reflective of normal levels of unemployment. For example, between March 2020 and June 2020 people claiming Universal Credit doubled in most areas of the United Kingdom and then steadily declined up to the day of the Census and beyond. This data also contains the proportion of people in part-time work (working between 1-35 hours per week), which maybe an indicator of under employment in Alcester.

Economic Status	Proportion
In Employment	54.46%
In Part-Time Work	30.62%
Unemployed	2.4%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

69.38% of the people in work, are in full-time employment in Alcester

Alcester & Stratford-on-Avon Immigration Statistics

We have analysed the Census 2021 raw data on country of birth and compiled immigration statistics as percentages of the population. All percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. Below are the figures for Alcester in the Stratford-on-Avon local area district.

Alcester has a lower rate of immigrants than Stratford-on-Avon, the West Midlands region and England as a whole.

Area	Born in UK	Born outside UK
Alcester & Rural	93.19%	6.81%
Stratford-on-Avon	91.56%	8.44%
West Midlands	84.84%	15.17%
England	82.65%	17.35%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Alcester compared to other wards in Stratford-on-Avon

#	Ward	Born in UK	Born outside UK
1	Avenue	78.92%	21.08%
2	Clopton	80.57%	19.43%
3	Welcombe	81.91%	18.09%
4	Bridgetown	84.57%	15.43%
5	Guildhall	85.23%	14.77%
6	Bishopton	85.41%	14.59%
7	Hathaway	86.33%	13.67%
8	Shottery	89.7%	10.3%
9	Wellesbourne West	91.33%	8.67%
10	Tiddington	91.58%	8.42%
11	Quinton	91.73%	8.27%
12	Bishop's Itchington	91.9%	8.1%
13	Southam South	92.3%	7.7%
14	Welford-on-Avon	92.34%	7.66%
15	Kineton	92.51%	7.49%
16	Harbury	92.64%	7.36%
17	Alcester & Rural	93.19%	6.81%
18	Tanworth-in-Arden	93.3%	6.7%
19	Southam North	93.31%	6.69%
20	Shipston North	93.52%	6.48%
21	Brailes & Compton	93.59%	6.41%
22	Red Horse	93.66%	6.34%
23	Bidford East	93.83%	6.17%
24	Henley-in-Arden	93.86%	6.14%
25	Bidford West & Salford	93.91%	6.09%
26	Alcester Town	93.97%	6.03%
27	Shipston South	94.03%	5.97%
28	Ettington	94.13%	5.87%
29	Snitterfield	94.24%	5.76%
30	Long Itchington & Stockton	94.28%	5.72%
31	Napton & Fenny Compton	94.35%	5.65%
32	Wellesbourne East	94.38%	5.62%
33	Studley with Mappleborough Green	94.47%	5.53%
34	Wotton Wawen	95.02%	4.98%
35	Kinwarton	95.25%	4.75%
36	Studley with Sambourne	95.31%	4.69%

';Alcester is ranked 17 out of 36 wards in Stratford-on-Avon for the number of residents born outside of the UK.

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

What is the population of Alcester and Stratford-on-Avon?

The table below contains the populations figures for each ward in Stratford-on-Avon including Alcester. These population ONS figures are estimated are dated Mid 2020.

Ward	Population
Alcester & Rural	3724
Alcester Town	3967
Avenue	3680
Bidford East	4152
Bidford West & Salford	4030
Bishop's Itchington	4174
Bishopton	3414
Brailes & Compton	3362
Bridgetown	5156
Clopton	2465
Ettington	3588
Guildhall	3820
Harbury	3758
Hathaway	2691
Henley-in-Arden	3908
Kineton	3361
Kinwarton	2830
Long Itchington & Stockton	4335
Napton & Fenny Compton	3496
Quinton	3624
Red Horse	3290
Shipston North	4126
Shipston South	3575
Shottery	3291
Snitterfield	3666
Southam North	3913
Southam South	3414
Studley with Mappleborough Green	3898
Studley with Sambourne	3836
Tanworth-in-Arden	3188
Tiddington	3343
Welcombe	3460
Welford-on-Avon	4462
Wellesbourne East	3733
Wellesbourne West	4086
Wotton Wawen	3586
Stratford-on-Avon Total	132402

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Last updated: 20/02/2024, Additional Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.

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