Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 89% of UK towns: 8.7% of households have no car or van
With households with dependent children at 24%, Clearwell is behind 79% of UK towns on that count. Census day 2021: 399 residents and 171 households locally. 47% of residents said they have no religion. Households in detached houses are more common here than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%, a lower share than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 48.5, Clearwell is older than 77% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Clearwell, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.1%, a lower share than 96% 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
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 or semi-routine work; Clearwell has 36% and 16%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 5.3% of adults are full-time students in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 82% of UK towns, at 1.8%
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 average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 28% of households are one person living alone. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 80% of UK towns: 5.7%
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 share of households in terraced houses stands at 21%. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Below 70% of UK towns: 4.5% of residents were 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. 98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
Clearwell sits below 82% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (44%)
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 Clearwell · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Mixed or multiple (2.8%), Other White (1.5%) and Arab (0.5%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 11% in Clearwell, more than in 88% 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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Clearwell has 51%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 13.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of adults in Clearwell (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
Clearwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwell | 399 | — | 48.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Coleford | 5,023 | 1.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Broadwell and Coalway | 3,304 | 2.2 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 26% |
| Bream | 3,117 | 2.6 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Berry Hill | 2,211 | 2.8 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 3.8 mi | 51 | 27% | 23% |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 4.9 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Lydney | 9,655 | 5 mi | 44 | 23% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Clearwell’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 Clearwell’s residents
What is the population of Clearwell?
The 2021 Census counted 399 people in Clearwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clearwell?
The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clearwell?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clearwell?
47% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Clearwell good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clearwell’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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