Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.4: Blockley is older than 94% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 22%, against 29% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,069 residents in 500 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 55% in Blockley. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57% here, more than in 87% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Blockley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Blockley’s residents are under 53.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
A village people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 9.7% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns, at 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Blockley has 15%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 88% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 32% in Blockley. The village has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 58% of UK towns, at 2.2%.
32% of households live in a terraced house, a share 86% of UK towns don’t reach
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 flats is 7.8% in Blockley and 23% across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%. Households without a car or van account for 9.8%. Lower than in nearly three fifths of UK towns: 26% of households live in a detached house.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Blockley, more than in 85% of UK towns
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. 6.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 64% 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: 94% of Blockley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.4%). The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Blockley sits lower than 75% of UK towns: 37%.
Below 95% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Unpaid carers make up 8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 22 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
46% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Blockley, 46%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Blockley sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockley | 1,069 | — | 53.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 2.6 mi | 57 | 37% | 18% |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 3.2 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Broadway | 2,719 | 4.5 mi | 56.5 | 37% | 16% |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 5.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 6.2 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Shipston-on-Stour | 5,852 | 6.4 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 6.7 mi | 42.2 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Blockley’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 Blockley’s residents
What is the population of Blockley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,069 people in Blockley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blockley?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blockley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blockley?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Blockley good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blockley’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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