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50.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

In Heath End, 14% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

71% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The median age in Heath End is 50.2, higher than in 86% of UK towns. Its 145 households held 369 residents at the 2021 Census. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 65% locally.

21%aged 65 or over 6.5%born abroad 145households

Ages

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11% in Heath End, more than in 89% of UK towns

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

Heath EndEngland’s towns

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

50–54 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4418%

45 to 6436%

65 and over21%

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Heath End

England

WomenMen

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

Students & newcomers

Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.3% in Heath End, less than in 79% 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

Full-time students6.7%

Higher managerial and professional22%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical2.5%

Semi-routine6.3%

Routine6.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.2%

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Heath End

7.3%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.3%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

The share of full-time students is 6.7%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Larger households than 97% of UK towns: 2.7 people on average

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

Living alone, 66+ 6.9%Living alone, under 66 6.9%Families with dependent children 31%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 2.8%

Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns

Heath End

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person13%

2 people40%

3 people22%

4 people18%

5 or more5.7%

England’s towns.

Here 31% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.8%, more than in 69% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

5% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Heath End

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van0%

One18%

Two52%

Three or more31%

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 83% of UK towns, at 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%

Heath End

6.5%

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 well1.1%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%) and in EU countries (1.9%). Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.5% in Heath End and 18% across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 97%

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

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.7%

Asian0%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0.3%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Heath End · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion41%

Christian52%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer7.1%

0%30%60%

Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 52%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Census figures put residents with no religion at 41% in Heath End.

Relationships & caring

Fewer adults who have never married than 93% of UK towns: 25%

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 partnership25%

Married or civil partnership65%

Separated1%

Divorced5.4%

Widowed3.5%

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

36residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.7%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more1.7%

6 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 68% of UK towns.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 44% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship6%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level44%

Heath EndGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 44% of Heath End’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 16%, many of them students still working towards a degree.

Neighbours

1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Heath End

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

WickwarCharfieldThornburyKingswoodAlvestonWotton-under-EdgeYateHeath End

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Heath End	369	—	50.2	21%	31%
Wickwar	1,701	2 mi	44.7	16%	35%
Charfield	2,833	2.2 mi	42.3	17%	34%
Thornbury	14,483	3.4 mi	43.5	23%	29%
Kingswood	1,409	3.4 mi	43.6	18%	36%
Alveston	2,065	4.2 mi	53.4	34%	22%
Wotton-under-Edge	4,966	4.4 mi	47.6	26%	25%
Yate	28,352	4.7 mi	39.9	18%	30%

More about Heath End’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

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Heath End’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 Heath End’s residents

What is the population of Heath End?

The 2021 Census counted 369 people in Heath End’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Heath End?

The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Heath End?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Heath End?

41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.

Is Heath End good for families?

31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Heath End’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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