Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Middleyard is over 53.3, older than 94% of UK towns
In Middleyard, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. The village had 648 residents in 286 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 22% of households have dependent children.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 33% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Middleyard, 39% and 22%. 5.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 87% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.1%), Middleyard is below 64% of UK towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 89% of UK towns: 8.7%
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
Households in terraced houses make up 12%, against 24% across England’s towns. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 38% here, more than in 72% of UK towns. About one household in 11 lives without a car or van.
Only 2.6% of residents were born outside the UK in Middleyard
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 97% of UK towns: 99%. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%).
Middleyard ranks above 78% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54%
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 Middleyard · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 95%, Middleyard is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
In Middleyard, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% 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
Middleyard sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.9%, about the same as across England’s towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in Middleyard, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
Middleyard and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleyard | 648 | — | 53.3 | 33% | 22% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 0.6 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 1.7 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 2.1 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 2.2 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 2.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 2.9 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 2.9 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Middleyard’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 Middleyard’s residents
What is the population of Middleyard?
The 2021 Census counted 648 people in Middleyard’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Middleyard?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Middleyard?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Middleyard?
35% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.6% didn’t answer.
Is Middleyard good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middleyard’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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