Photo: My another account · Public domainHalf of Marshfield is over 51.1, older than 90% of UK towns
In Marshfield, 25% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 5.7%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,299 people lived in the village, in 582 households.
What the Census says about Marshfield’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Marshfield’s residents are under 51.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% 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).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, a lower share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.6% of adults are full-time students, a share 77% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8.2% in Marshfield. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 75% of UK towns: 1.9%
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. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. On the census count, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Households in terraced houses make up 40% in Marshfield, more than in 94% 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
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Marshfield, 28%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
Above 84% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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 (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Here 5.9% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%.
Marshfield ranks above 82% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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 Marshfield · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 75% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.5%).
Only 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Marshfield
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
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 7.6%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 53%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 53% of adults in Marshfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.9% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Marshfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshfield | 1,299 | — | 51.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Colerne | 2,415 | 2.3 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 38% |
| Batheaston | 3,878 | 3.8 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Box | 1,287 | 4.4 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Bathford | 1,153 | 4.4 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 26% |
| Wick | 1,579 | 4.8 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Bathampton | 1,698 | 4.8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 28% |
| Rudloe | 2,863 | 4.9 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 32% |
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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 Marshfield’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 Marshfield’s residents
What is the population of Marshfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,299 people in Marshfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Marshfield?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Marshfield?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Marshfield?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Marshfield good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Marshfield’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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