Arlington Row · Photo: Saffron Blaze · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Arlington is over 55.7
By its share of households without a car or van (3.9%), Arlington is below 99% of UK towns. 29% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 52%, more than in 91% of UK towns. The village is home to 274 residents in 126 households, by the 2021 Census.
Arlington ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 31% of residents are 65 or over in Arlington. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Arlington sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (1.2%)
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 14% in Arlington. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Arlington, 16% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 99% 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.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. Here, 4.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Arlington sits below 94% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (7.8%)
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
Households in flats: 6.2%, below 77% of UK towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
More residents born abroad than 84% of UK towns: 14% in Arlington
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.1%), then in Africa (3.3%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Arlington sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 95%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns: 64%
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: 89% of Arlington · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 89% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The groups that follow White British are Other White (8%), Indian (1.1%) and Chinese (0.7%).
In Arlington, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership here. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 9.7%.
47% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 47% of its adults qualified to degree level, Arlington compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 9.4% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Arlington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 274 | — | 55.7 | 31% | 16% |
| Fairford | 4,240 | 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 28% |
| Northleach | 1,997 | 4.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Stratton | 2,558 | 6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 24% |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 6.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 2,208 | 7.7 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Cricklade | 4,030 | 8.2 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Arlington’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 Arlington’s residents
What is the population of Arlington?
The 2021 Census counted 274 people in Arlington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Arlington?
The median age was 55.7 at the 2021 Census. 5.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Arlington?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Arlington?
29% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Arlington good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Arlington’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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