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46Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Berkeley sits below 97% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.3%)

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1%, against 12% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Berkeley’s population at 2,250, in 1,039 households. Here, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns.

24%aged 65 or over 4.9%born abroad 1,039households

Ages

24% of Berkeley is 65 or over, a higher share than 65% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BerkeleyEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

50–54 is the most common age band: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. With a median age of 46, Berkeley is older than just over three fifths of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 248.1%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6427%

65 and over24%

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Berkeley

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 2.9% in Berkeley, less 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

Full-time students2.9%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical6.5%

Semi-routine12%

Routine13%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.5%

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Berkeley

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

239

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.1× England’s share

36% of Berkeley’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. In Berkeley, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

2.2 people per household, fewer than in 83% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 17%Living alone, under 66 16%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 42%Shared houses and other 1.3%

Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns

Berkeley

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people38%

3 people15%

4 people11%

5 or more3.4%

England’s towns.

The share of one-person households is 33%, against 30% across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

A village of terraces: 35% of households live in one

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Berkeley

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.3%

One42%

Two37%

Three or more12%

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in detached houses make up 23%, against 21% across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 53% of UK towns. The usual figure: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Fewer residents born outside the UK than 65% of UK towns: 4.9%

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%

Berkeley

4.9%

Gloucestershire’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

BerkeleyEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.8%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 11% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). On residents whose main language is English, Berkeley sits higher than nearly three fifths of UK towns: 98%.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents with no religion than 78% of UK towns, at 45%

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

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.5%

Asian0.8%

Mixed1%

Black0.1%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Berkeley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion45%

Christian48%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.6%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer5.9%

0%30%60%

After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.3%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 70% of UK towns: 94%. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 48%, below 63% of UK towns.

Relationships & caring

Only 7.3% of residents give unpaid care in Berkeley

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership33%

Married or civil partnership47%

Separated1.8%

Divorced11%

Widowed6.9%

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

154residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.3%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.1%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more1.8%

By its share of married adults and civil partners (47%), Berkeley is below 54% of UK towns. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 38. Higher than in 53% of UK towns: 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: 29% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship5.2%

A levels or similar20%

Degree level29%

BerkeleyGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

In Berkeley, 29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%).

Neighbours

Berkeley is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

SharpnessLydneyCamDursleyBlakeneyCharfieldYorkley and WhitecroftBerkeley

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Berkeley	2,250	—	46	24%	24%
Sharpness	1,237	1.6 mi	39.9	17%	30%
Lydney	9,655	3.8 mi	44	23%	26%
Cam	7,730	3.8 mi	49.2	25%	24%
Dursley	7,935	4.5 mi	42.5	19%	29%
Blakeney	1,303	4.6 mi	49.4	26%	23%
Charfield	2,833	5.2 mi	42.3	17%	34%
Yorkley and Whitecroft	2,678	5.6 mi	51	27%	23%

More about Berkeley’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute BIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living BOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Berkeley’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 Berkeley’s residents

What is the population of Berkeley?

The 2021 Census counted 2,250 people in Berkeley’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Berkeley?

The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Berkeley?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Berkeley?

45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.

Is Berkeley good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Berkeley’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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