Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:42 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:13 am – 3:53 pm
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People6,049 residentsin the Burbage St Catherines census areaMedian age 48.52,697 households68% of homes owner-occupied40% owned outright20% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,714 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 12%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 31% work from home, 58% go by car, 2% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle54% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages28% of adults hold a degree or higher22% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C692 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October49 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesBurbage Common and Woodspark · under a mile · 106 haQueen's Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 4 haBritannia Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 5 haHinckley Golf Clubgolf course · 1.2 mi · 57 haGranville Road Parkpark · 1.5 miHinckley Leisure Centresports ground · 1.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes99 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200234 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202542 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 8.7 · PM2.5 7.1 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,776 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation121 m397 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 98 to 131 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHinckley & District Hospital1.2 miGP surgeryThe Burbage Surgery9 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBurbage Pharmacy7 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistBurbage Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi13 schools8 primary, 2 secondary, 2 special, 1 nurseryPrimaryBurbage Junior Schoolages 7-11, 365 pupilsright herePrimaryBurbage Church of England Infant Schoolages 5-7, 235 pupilsright hereSecondaryHastings High Schoolages 11-16, 890 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorth Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College4.3 miUniversityCoventry University10.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX18 miRailway stationHinckley1.1 miBus stationBus StationNuneaton5.0 miBus stops92 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LE10 postcode district.
