Longford Court · Photo: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Longford is under 33.7, younger than 97% of UK towns
The share of households without a car or van trails 95% of UK towns: 7.2%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7% in Longford. At 42%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 94% of UK towns. This Gloucestershire town is home to 2,536 residents in 1,080 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Longford’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Longford’s residents are under 33.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.3% are 15 to 24 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of families
36% of Longford’s 1,080 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns and the highest share in Gloucestershire. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Longford at 1,500 in 2011 and 3,200 in 2024, up 112%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Longford grew +112% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Longford’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 1,500 people in 2011; 3,200 in 2024.
Mid-2023 to mid-2024 brought the biggest yearly rise, 410 people. Split by age, the 0 to 15 changed most (+228%) and the 45 to 64 least (+52%).
Only 10% of residents are 65 or over in Longford
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. For Longford, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.3%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Longford, 33.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5.6% in Longford, more than in 78% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over two fifths of Longford’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 20%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 95% of UK towns, at 36%
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns. For Longford, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
Only 25% of households in Longford 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a terraced house in Longford. On the census count, 11% of households live in a flat or apartment.
More residents born abroad than 70% of UK towns: 9.2% in Longford
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for 17% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% 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
White British, not charted: 88% of Longford · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Longford has 44%. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 71% of UK towns: 88%. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. Islam is the religion of 1.6% of residents.
Fewer married adults and civil partners than 83% of UK towns: 42%
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
The share of unpaid carers is 7.6%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Some 34 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 219 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 60.8 in St Mary's Bay. Nearest to Longford in age: Hellingly (33), Ambrosden (33.6), Hertford Heath (35.3) and Avonmouth (35.9).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Longford are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longford | 2,536 | — | 33.7 | 10% | 36% |
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 1.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 2.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Highnam | 1,920 | 2.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 30% |
| Moor End | 1,168 | 3.7 mi | 18.6 | 7.9% | 19% |
| Upton St Leonards | 1,132 | 3.7 mi | 55.5 | 36% | 19% |
| Brockworth | 12,007 | 4.1 mi | 35.6 | 14% | 34% |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 21,125 | 4.9 mi | 35.9 | 12% | 34% |
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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 Longford’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Longford’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,342 people in 2021, against 2,536 in the built-up area.
- 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 Longford’s residents
What is the population of Longford?
The 2021 Census counted 2,536 people in Longford’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,200 people in mid-2024, 112% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Longford?
The median age was 33.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 97% of UK towns. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 10% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longford?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longford?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Longford good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longford’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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