Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns: 7.3%
With households without a car or van at 6.1%, Avening is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. The village had 1,054 residents in 440 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Higher than in four fifths of UK towns: 42% of households live in a detached house.
Half of Avening is over 49.1, older than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (23%), Avening is above 62% of UK towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Avening has 44% and 17%. Here, 4.1% of adults are full-time students. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 23% in Avening, less than in 92% 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.
In Avening the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.6% of the total. The village has more households with dependent children than 69% of UK towns, at 29%.
Below 56% of UK towns: 19% of households live in a terraced house
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Avening comes in at 12%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Avening, more than in 99% of UK towns
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 outside the UK: 6.6% here and 18% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
No religion: 45% of residents, a higher share than 78% of UK towns
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: 93% of Avening · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here and 73% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and African (0.4%). Avening has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than two thirds of UK towns, at 47%.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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
With unpaid carers at 7.5%, Avening is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 16 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 46% of adults
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 Avening, 11%, while 46% hold one at degree level (34%).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Avening are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avening | 1,054 | — | 49.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | 1.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 22% |
| Tetbury | 6,454 | 2.7 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 2.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 2.9 mi | 47.4 | 18% | 30% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 3.2 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 3.4 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 5.1 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Avening’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 Avening’s residents
What is the population of Avening?
The 2021 Census counted 1,054 people in Avening’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Avening?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Avening?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Avening?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Avening good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Avening’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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