Photo: Adrian Pingstone · Public domainHouseholds without a car or van make up 5.5% in Kemble, less than in 98% of UK towns
By its share of households in detached houses (46%), Kemble is above 86% of UK towns. The village had 908 residents in 368 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 22% of households are one person living alone. 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 85% of UK towns.
Kemble ranks below 59% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.4% of residents. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 52% of UK towns: 9.8%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 58% of UK towns: 5% of adults are full-time students
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 or semi-routine work; Kemble has 47% and 18%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Kemble households average 2.5 people, larger than in 88% 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.
With households with dependent children at 31%, Kemble is ahead of 79% of UK towns on that count. For Kemble, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 3%.
2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
With households in terraced houses at 18%, Kemble is behind nearly three fifths of UK towns on that count. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 8.9%, a higher share than 69% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in Africa (2.6%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 57% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
92% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 51% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Kemble · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 37%, from the figure across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.7%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 59% in Kemble, more than in 97% 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
With adults who have never married at 27%, Kemble is behind 84% of UK towns on that count. Fewer unpaid carers than in 92% of UK towns: 7.5%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 23 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Among adults, 46% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Kemble counts 46% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.3% have no qualification (18%).
Older than Kemble: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemble | 908 | — | 44.6 | 21% | 31% |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 3.7 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 24% |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 4.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Ashton Keynes | 1,425 | 4.2 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 28% |
| Stratton | 2,558 | 4.5 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Tetbury | 6,454 | 6.4 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Avening | 1,054 | 6.4 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Malmesbury | 7,184 | 6.9 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 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 Kemble’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 Kemble’s residents
What is the population of Kemble?
The 2021 Census counted 908 people in Kemble’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kemble?
The median age was 44.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kemble?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kemble?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kemble good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kemble’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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