Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.4: Down Ampney is older than 93% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Down Ampney has 23%. The village is home to 572 residents in 243 households, by the 2021 Census. For Down Ampney, the census puts residents with no religion at 29%. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 5.3% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Down Ampney ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 84% of UK towns: 7%
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%.
By class, 46% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.8% in Down Ampney.
25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 75% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Only 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Down Ampney
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%; Down Ampney has 9.8%. To put it in context, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Down Ampney, the census puts households in detached houses at 47%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 79% of UK towns don’t reach
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
5.7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 10% across Gloucestershire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.4%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
65% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 97% of Down Ampney · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.4%). Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Down Ampney: 62% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 20. 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%.
40% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Down Ampney’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Down Ampney
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down Ampney | 572 | — | 52.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Cricklade | 4,030 | 2.6 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 24% |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Fairford | 4,240 | 3.8 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 28% |
| Ashton Keynes | 1,425 | 4.1 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 28% |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 5.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Broad Blunsdon | 6,507 | 5.3 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 39% |
| Purton | 3,193 | 6.4 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Down Ampney’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 Down Ampney’s residents
What is the population of Down Ampney?
The 2021 Census counted 572 people in Down Ampney’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Down Ampney?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Down Ampney?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Down Ampney?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Down Ampney good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Down Ampney’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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