Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 12%
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 13% of households live in a terraced house here. Few places have so few households in flats: 3.7% here, fewer than in 90% of UK towns. Littledean had 981 residents and 410 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 42.2. Across Littledean, 45% of residents said they have no religion.
Littledean ranks below 75% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Littledean’s residents are under 42.2, younger than in 68% of UK towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns, at 6%
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; Littledean has 29% and 26%. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 5% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 30% of households have dependent children in Littledean. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.9% locally.
Above 63% of UK towns: 34% of households live in a detached house
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
The figure for households without a car or van is 14% in Littledean and 24% across England’s towns. 3.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 90% of UK towns; 34% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 63% of UK towns: 5.1%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. In Littledean, 98% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns.
44% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 82% of UK towns
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: 94% of Littledean · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Littledean, 94%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.8%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 35% in Littledean, more than in 67% 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
Here 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 41 people.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 29% of its adults qualified to degree level, Littledean compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 19% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Littledean are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littledean | 981 | — | 42.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 0.9 mi | 44 | 22% | 25% |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 1.3 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Newnham | 1,054 | 1.7 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 18% |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 2.7 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 28% |
| Mitcheldean | 2,163 | 3.2 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Ruardean | 1,195 | 3.9 mi | 52.4 | 29% | 20% |
| Blakeney | 1,303 | 4.2 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
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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 Littledean’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 Littledean’s residents
What is the population of Littledean?
The 2021 Census counted 981 people in Littledean’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Littledean?
The median age was 42.2 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Littledean?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Littledean?
45% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Littledean good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Littledean’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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