Photo: Joy Jackson · CC BY-SA 2.0Amberley is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.9
By its share of married adults and civil partners (67%), Amberley is above 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,300 residents locally, living in 558 households. Locally, 8.2% of households live in a terraced house. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns, at 6.6%.
What the Census says about Amberley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Amberley’s residents are under 55.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%), Amberley is below 97% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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 lower share of full-time students than 63% of UK towns, at 4.6%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for nearly three fifths of Amberley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 6.9%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Lower than in three fifths of UK towns: 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 93% 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.
Here 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. Lower than in 83% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 74%
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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment here. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (1.5%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.9% in Amberley and 18% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 77% of UK towns: 54%
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: 94% of Amberley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.2%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 71% of UK towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 38% of residents said they have no religion here.
Adults who have never married make up 18% in Amberley, less than in 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
Some 21 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9.3%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 62% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Amberley, 62%, and 5.8% have none, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Amberley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley | 1,300 | — | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 1.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 1.4 mi | 47.4 | 18% | 30% |
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | 1.5 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 22% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 2.2 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 2.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Avening | 1,054 | 3.2 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Amberley’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 Amberley’s residents
What is the population of Amberley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,300 people in Amberley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Amberley?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Amberley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Amberley?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Amberley good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Amberley’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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