Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns: 2.4%
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. At the 2021 Census Eastington was home to 1,218 people in 508 households. On the census count, 10% of households have no car or van. One-person households are rarer here than in 86% of UK towns.
Eastington ranks below 57% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Half of Eastington’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 51% of UK towns. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
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 full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.3%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Eastington, 37% and 24%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Eastington households average 2.4 people, larger than in 74% 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.
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Eastington has 27%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.7% here.
Fewer households in detached houses than 58% of UK towns: 26%
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 is 23%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
More residents whose main language is English than 86% of UK towns: 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 3.9% of residents were born outside the UK.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns: 95%
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: 95% of Eastington · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.4%). On residents with no religion, Eastington sits higher than 69% of UK towns: 44%. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Christians make up nearly half of residents, against 46% across England’s towns.
Below 97% of UK towns: 6.9% of residents give unpaid care
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 17 residents. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 49%, against 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 31% of adults
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 Eastington, 31%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Eastington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastington | 1,218 | — | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 1.7 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 2.3 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 2.5 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 31% |
| Cam | 7,730 | 3.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 3.9 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 4.2 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Dursley | 7,935 | 4.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
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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 Eastington’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 Eastington’s residents
What is the population of Eastington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,218 people in Eastington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eastington?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eastington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eastington?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Eastington good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eastington’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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