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42.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 3.7%

Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Falfield has 2.7%. The village had 297 residents and 108 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 42.7. Households with dependent children account for 35%. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 59% here, more than in 97% of UK towns.

16%aged 65 or over 7.1%born abroad 108households

Ages

A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns, at 16%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

FalfieldEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

With a median age of 42.7, Falfield is younger than 64% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6432%

65 and over16%

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Falfield

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of full-time students than 75% of UK towns, at 4.2%

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

Full-time students4.2%

Higher managerial and professional17%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed18%

Supervisory and technical5.5%

Semi-routine11%

Routine7.2%

Never worked or long-term unemployed1.7%

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Falfield

7.5%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.1× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 39% of Falfield’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.

Households

Only 17% of households in Falfield are one person living alone

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 10%Living alone, under 66 6.5%Families with dependent children 35%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 1.8%

Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns

Falfield

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person17%

2 people38%

3 people14%

4 people20%

5 or more11%

England’s towns.

In Falfield the average household is 2.8 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 77% of UK towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.

Homes & cars

A village of detached houses: 50% of households live in one

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Falfield

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3.7%

One19%

Two46%

Three or more31%

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 4.6% in Falfield. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

In Falfield, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 75% of UK towns

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%

Falfield

7.1%

Gloucestershire’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.1% in Falfield. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) or in Africa (2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.

Ethnicity & religion

Above 79% of UK towns: 46% of residents said they have no religion

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

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.3%

Asian0.3%

Mixed2.3%

Black0%

Other1.3%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 93% of Falfield · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion46%

Christian47%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion1%

Didn’t answer6.1%

0%30%60%

The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails just over two thirds of UK towns: 47%. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.

Relationships & caring

Falfield ranks below 54% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 32%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership32%

Married or civil partnership59%

Separated1.3%

Divorced4.7%

Widowed3.4%

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

24residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.9%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.1%

Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 6 people. Lower than in 75% of UK towns: 8.4% of residents give unpaid care. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: 33% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship4.7%

A levels or similar22%

Degree level33%

FalfieldGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of Falfield’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Falfield and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

CharfieldThornburyBerkeleyWickwarKingswoodAlvestonWotton-under-EdgeFalfield

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Falfield	297	—	42.7	16%	35%
Charfield	2,833	2.7 mi	42.3	17%	34%
Thornbury	14,483	3 mi	43.5	23%	29%
Berkeley	2,250	3.9 mi	46	24%	24%
Wickwar	1,701	4.1 mi	44.7	16%	35%
Kingswood	1,409	4.2 mi	43.6	18%	36%
Alveston	2,065	4.5 mi	53.4	34%	22%
Wotton-under-Edge	4,966	4.8 mi	47.6	26%	25%

More about Falfield’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Falfield’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 Falfield’s residents

What is the population of Falfield?

The 2021 Census counted 297 people in Falfield’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Falfield?

The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Falfield?

93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Falfield?

46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.

Is Falfield good for families?

35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Falfield’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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