Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Badminton ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 0.9%
98% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Badminton counted 258 residents and 114 households at the 2021 Census. Adults who have never married: 25% of the total. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
Older than 86% of UK towns: half of Badminton is over 50.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total.
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.
Badminton sits below 81% of UK towns for full-time students (4.1%)
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Badminton has 30% and 26%. 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 23% in Badminton, less than in 86% 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 typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. In Badminton, 31% of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of households in terraced houses is 22%, against 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns. For Badminton, the census puts households in detached houses at 30%.
Only 2.7% of Badminton’s residents were born outside the UK
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 (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 92% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 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: 98% of Badminton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 29% answered “no religion” and 64% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 83% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 10. Higher than in 87% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 29% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Badminton counts 29% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Badminton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badminton | 258 | — | 50.2 | 18% | 23% |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 3 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 31% |
| Sherston | 1,394 | 3.9 mi | 49 | 25% | 26% |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 4.8 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 24% |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 5.7 mi | 51.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Yate | 28,352 | 5.8 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Wickwar | 1,701 | 6 mi | 44.7 | 16% | 35% |
| Colerne | 2,415 | 6.4 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 38% |
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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 Badminton’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 Badminton’s residents
What is the population of Badminton?
The 2021 Census counted 258 people in Badminton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Badminton?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Badminton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Badminton?
29% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Badminton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Badminton’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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