Photo: Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.9: Mickleton is older than 92% of UK towns
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian. There were 1,041 households in Mickleton at the 2021 Census, home to 2,316 residents. On the census count, 10% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Mickleton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Mickleton’s residents are under 51.9 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).
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 7.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Mickleton, 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 92% 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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Below 87% of UK towns: 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
27% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. Census figures put households with dependent children at 24% in Mickleton.
Households in detached houses make up 51% in Mickleton, more than in 90% 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
Here 14% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Census figures put households in flats at 4.1% in Mickleton. Elsewhere, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns, at 99%
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
5.6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 79% of UK towns: 95%
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 Mickleton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Caribbean (0.3%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Mickleton has fewer residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns, at 35%.
Adults who have never married: 24%, a lower share than 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 58 residents. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Mickleton counts 37% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Mickleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickleton | 2,316 | — | 51.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | 1.8 mi | 28.4 | 2.8% | 52% |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 2.3 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 2.9 mi | 57 | 37% | 18% |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 3 mi | 42.2 | 16% | 31% |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 5.1 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 5.3 mi | 53.4 | 29% | 22% |
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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 Mickleton’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 Mickleton’s residents
What is the population of Mickleton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,316 people in Mickleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mickleton?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mickleton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mickleton?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Mickleton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mickleton’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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