Photo: David Bowd-Exworth · CC BY-SA 2.0Alderton is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.4
4.5% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Alderton had 863 residents in 372 households at the 2021 Census. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 0.5%. Higher than in 96% of UK towns: 59% of households live in a detached house.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% in Alderton, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 18% across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 86% of UK towns: 6.9%
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%.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put households with dependent children at 26% in Alderton.
Alderton ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.9%
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
In Alderton, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 5.7% of residents were born outside the UK here.
A higher White British share than 86% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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: 96% of Alderton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, two in five residents said they have no religion here. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Here, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Alderton: 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 99% of UK towns
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
Adults who have never married make up 22%, against 39% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 90% of UK towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 49%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Alderton, 11%, while 49% hold one at degree level (34%).
Alderton sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderton | 863 | — | 52.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Winchcombe | 4,339 | 3.2 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Gotherington | 1,131 | 3.3 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 27% |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 16,323 | 4.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Ashchurch | 1,102 | 4.4 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Northway | 4,858 | 4.9 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Bredon | 2,071 | 5.2 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 26% |
| Prestbury | 4,078 | 6.2 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Gloucestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gloucestershire (or England), summed the same way as Alderton’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 Alderton’s residents
What is the population of Alderton?
The 2021 Census counted 863 people in Alderton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Alderton?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alderton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alderton?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Alderton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Alderton’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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