Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 98% of UK towns, at 1.6%
Adults who have never married: 24% here and 39% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 590 residents in Apperley, living in 254 households. Across Apperley, 5.1% of households live in a terraced house. The median age in the village is 49.4, higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
Apperley sits below 93% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 27% in Apperley and 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.1% in Apperley, less than in 96% of UK towns
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%.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 78% of UK towns: 26%
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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 26% of households have dependent children here. 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.
Households without a car or van make up 5.9% in Apperley, less than in 97% of UK towns
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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Apperley has 62%. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
Apperley sits above 95% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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
With residents born outside the UK at 4.6%, Apperley is behind 69% of UK towns on that count. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in Africa (0.7%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Apperley ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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 Apperley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion in Apperley. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
Apperley ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 61%
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
13 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
42% of adults are qualified to degree level
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 Apperley, 12%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Apperley has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apperley | 590 | — | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Tewkesbury | 14,387 | 3.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 26% |
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 4.6 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Corse | 1,217 | 4.6 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 28% |
| Longford | 2,536 | 4.8 mi | 33.7 | 10% | 36% |
| Northway | 4,858 | 5.4 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Ashchurch | 1,102 | 5.4 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Moor End | 1,168 | 5.5 mi | 18.6 | 7.9% | 19% |
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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 Apperley’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 Apperley’s residents
What is the population of Apperley?
The 2021 Census counted 590 people in Apperley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Apperley?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Apperley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Apperley?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Apperley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Apperley’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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