Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of detached houses: 63% of households live in one
The share of one-person households is 23%, against 30% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Easter Compton’s population at 654, in 266 households. The census found that 9.6% of households live in a terraced house locally. At 24%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 81% of UK towns.
Older than 86% of UK towns: half of Easter Compton is over 50.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 27%. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 72% of UK 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.
Below 86% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 85% 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 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.9%.
Only 8.5% of households in Easter Compton have no car or van
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
Here 5.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Only 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Easter Compton
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Easter Compton has 97%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.8%), then in the rest of Europe (1.4%).
Easter Compton sits above 64% of UK towns for residents with no religion (43%)
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 Easter Compton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 50%, against 46% across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Caribbean (0.3%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 53% of UK towns: 93%. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Easter Compton: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 91% 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: 11% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Easter Compton has fewer adults who have never married than 74% of UK towns, at 29%. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Easter Compton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 39% have one at degree level (34%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Easter Compton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Compton | 654 | — | 50.3 | 27% | 24% |
| Pilning | 1,400 | 1.8 mi | 45 | 20% | 28% |
| Patchway | 16,517 | 1.8 mi | 35.1 | 13% | 33% |
| Severn Beach | 2,208 | 2.4 mi | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Almondsbury | 2,937 | 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 33% |
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 3 mi | 37.3 | 11% | 33% |
| Filton | 10,955 | 3.1 mi | 34.3 | 16% | 23% |
| Olveston | 1,009 | 3.5 mi | 50.6 | 33% | 25% |
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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 Easter Compton’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 Easter Compton’s residents
What is the population of Easter Compton?
The 2021 Census counted 654 people in Easter Compton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Easter Compton?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Easter Compton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Easter Compton?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Easter Compton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Easter Compton’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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