Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Huntley is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.6
In Huntley, nearly two thirds of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 4.5%. 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,152 residents and 492 households in the village.
What the Census says about Huntley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Huntley’s residents are under 51.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 8.8% in Huntley. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 98% 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%.
5.1% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten 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.
In Huntley, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 84% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. For Huntley, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.8%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns.
Households in flats: 2%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Huntley comes in at 7.4%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Huntley: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 92% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
With residents born outside the UK at 4.4%, Huntley is behind 71% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns, at 57%
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 Huntley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
35% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. The census found that 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Huntley. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 25% in Huntley, less than in 93% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 28 residents. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.5%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Huntley counts 30% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 19% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Huntley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntley | 1,152 | — | 51.6 | 31% | 26% |
| Mitcheldean | 2,163 | 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Newent | 5,360 | 3.9 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Highnam | 1,920 | 4.7 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 30% |
| Moor End | 1,168 | 4.7 mi | 18.6 | 7.9% | 19% |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 4.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 28% |
| Newnham | 1,054 | 5.1 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 18% |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 5.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Huntley’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 Huntley’s residents
What is the population of Huntley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,152 people in Huntley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Huntley?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Huntley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Huntley?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Huntley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Huntley’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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