Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 67.6: Bamfurlong is older than 99% of UK towns
Here a fifth of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. On the census count, 47% of households are one person living alone. Bamfurlong has more unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns, at 12%. At the 2021 Census Bamfurlong was home to 250 people in 154 households.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 58%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, below 81% 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%.
In Bamfurlong, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns, at 6.5%
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.
Households average 1.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 1.3%
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 figure for households in detached houses is 20% in Bamfurlong and 21% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, households without a car or van are more common here than in 73% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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 (4.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. 7.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
Bamfurlong: 73% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 99% 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: 91% of Bamfurlong · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (7.5%), Caribbean (0.8%) and Chinese (0.4%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer 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
46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 16% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Bamfurlong’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 40% have none (18%).
The towns around Bamfurlong are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamfurlong | 250 | — | 67.6 | 58% | 6.5% |
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 1.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Shurdington | 1,888 | 2.9 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 26% |
| Cheltenham | 115,941 | 3.1 mi | 40.1 | 19% | 25% |
| Longford | 2,536 | 3.3 mi | 33.7 | 10% | 36% |
| Brockworth | 12,007 | 4 mi | 35.6 | 14% | 34% |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 4.4 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Upton St Leonards | 1,132 | 4.9 mi | 55.5 | 36% | 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 Bamfurlong’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 Bamfurlong’s residents
What is the population of Bamfurlong?
The 2021 Census counted 250 people in Bamfurlong’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bamfurlong?
The median age was 67.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 58% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bamfurlong?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bamfurlong?
20% said they had no religion and 73% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Bamfurlong good for families?
6.5% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bamfurlong’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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