Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51: Bisley is older than 89% of UK towns
55% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Bisley had 964 residents in 412 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in flats at 2.7% in the village. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4% in Bisley, less than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Bisley has 26%. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.8% of adults are full-time students in Bisley
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; Bisley has 45% and 14%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 90% of UK towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
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 with dependent children: 26% here and 29% across England’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 85% of UK towns: 3.4%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
In Bisley, 9.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 86% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Bisley has 14%. One household in 11 has no car or van.
More residents whose main language is English than 89% of UK towns: 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (1.7%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%, a higher share than 81% 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 Bisley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Bisley, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 38% locally. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Bisley: 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 9.7% in Bisley. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 50% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 50% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%).
Older than Bisley: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisley | 964 | — | 51 | 26% | 26% |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 1.9 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Painswick | 1,833 | 3.1 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 19% |
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 3.1 mi | 47.4 | 18% | 30% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 3.7 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | 4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 22% |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 4.2 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 4.4 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
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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 Bisley’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 Bisley’s residents
What is the population of Bisley?
The 2021 Census counted 964 people in Bisley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bisley?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bisley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bisley?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bisley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bisley’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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