Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Ewen, 73%. 7.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 268 residents and 103 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.8.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Ewen is over 49.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 25%. Ewen has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than just over half of UK towns, at 9.7%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 15%, a higher 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%.
48% of Ewen’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns. Locally, 4.7% of adults are full-time students.
Larger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
There is little gap on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns, at 4.9%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
More residents born abroad than 73% of UK towns: 9.7% in Ewen
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 (4.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 98%, fewer than in 51% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns, at 59%
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: 92% of Ewen · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (0.4%). Ewen has fewer residents with no religion than 86% of UK towns, at 34%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
Married adults and civil partners: 64%, a higher share than 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: 9.8% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. At 22%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 98% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 6 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 52%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Ewen, 11%, while 52% hold one at degree level (34%).
Older than Ewen: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewen | 268 | — | 49.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 24% |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 3.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Ashton Keynes | 1,425 | 3.5 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 28% |
| Stratton | 2,558 | 3.9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Cricklade | 4,030 | 6.4 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 24% |
| Tetbury | 6,454 | 7.3 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Avening | 1,054 | 7.4 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 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 Ewen’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 Ewen’s residents
What is the population of Ewen?
The 2021 Census counted 268 people in Ewen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ewen?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ewen?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 9.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ewen?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Ewen good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ewen’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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