Photo: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of UK towns: 1.2%
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Bitton, 6.8%. The share of one-person households stands at 25%. 39% of households live in a terraced house, a higher share than in 93% of UK towns. The village counted 808 residents and 333 households at the 2021 Census.
A median age of 39.5: Bitton is younger than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 17%.
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.
Bitton sits below 88% of UK towns for full-time students (3.8%)
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 work; in Bitton, 51% and 12%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households with dependent children make up 31% in Bitton, more than in 78% 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.
Households in Bitton hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A village of flats: 13% 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
Cars or vans · share of households
In Bitton, 29% of households live in a detached house. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 65% of UK towns, at 5%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (1.1%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 51% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 89% of UK towns, at 48%
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 Bitton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 43%, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Caribbean (0.7%).
Unpaid carers: 6.2%, a lower share than 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 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. At 53%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 82% of UK towns. Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Bitton comes in at 33%.
45% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
7.2% of Bitton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 45% have one at degree level (34%).
Bitton and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitton | 808 | — | 39.5 | 17% | 31% |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 1.7 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 2.1 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 27% |
| Wick | 1,579 | 2.4 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 3.5 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 3.7 mi | 18.8 | 3.2% | 19% |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 4.1 mi | 47 | 23% | 25% |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 4.4 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Bitton’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 Bitton’s residents
What is the population of Bitton?
The 2021 Census counted 808 people in Bitton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bitton?
The median age was 39.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bitton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bitton?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bitton good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bitton’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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