Photo: Roy Parkhouse · CC BY-SA 2.0Beachley is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 29
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 5.7% in Beachley. The village had 1,120 residents in 310 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 8.4% here, fewer than in 90% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Beachley’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Beachley’s residents are under 29 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 21% are 15 to 24 and 18% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
17% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
A village of families
35% of Beachley’s 310 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 40% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Beachley ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
37% women, 63% men
About 59 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Beachley is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
Beachley sits below 98% of UK towns for full-time students (3.1%)
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%.
17% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 18% of households
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 Beachley, 35% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
9.7% of households live in a terraced house, below 90% 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
Households in detached houses: 41%, above 78% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Beachley: 15% of residents 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.8%) and in EU countries (3.8%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%.
Only 40% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Beachley
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: 83% of Beachley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.3%), African (2.1%) and Mixed or multiple (2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Higher than in 90% of UK towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Beachley has 83%.
42% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 94% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 17. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 61% of UK towns: 46%. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Beachley’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Beachley has an older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beachley | 1,120 | — | 29 | 18% | 35% |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 1.5 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Tutshill and Sedbury | 3,618 | 1.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Portskewett | 1,627 | 3.7 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Pilning | 1,400 | 4 mi | 45 | 20% | 28% |
| Severn Beach | 2,208 | 4 mi | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Olveston | 1,009 | 4.2 mi | 50.6 | 33% | 25% |
| Caldicot | 9,813 | 4.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Beachley’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 Beachley’s residents
What is the population of Beachley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,120 people in Beachley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beachley?
The median age was 29 at the 2021 Census. 21% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beachley?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beachley?
48% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Beachley good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beachley’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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