Photo: Maretinevans123 · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of UK towns: 8.2%
Households with dependent children are rarer here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. There were 2,560 households in Nailsworth at the 2021 Census, home to 5,657 residents. One-person households: 33% of the total. Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Nailsworth comes in at 20%.
Nailsworth is older than 79% of UK towns: a median age of 48.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 26% in Nailsworth. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Nailsworth, 48.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 85% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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%.
In Nailsworth, 40% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
Smaller households than 79% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
At 3.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Nailsworth ranks above 64% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 34%
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
In Nailsworth, 17% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 14%.
Nailsworth: 8.2% of residents born outside the UK
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
Of residents born abroad, 8.7% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%).
Nailsworth ranks above 76% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 45%
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: 91% of Nailsworth · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Bangladeshi (0.5%). At 91%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is lower than in three fifths of UK towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Little separates the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian here, 46%, from the figure across England’s towns.
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 66% 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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Married adults and civil partners: 48% of the total.
42% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 42% of adults in Nailsworth, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people: this is the 176th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Nailsworth in age: Bishop's Waltham (48.7), Merley (48.7), East Boldon and West Boldon (48.9) and Eccleston (48.9).
Nailsworth and its 7 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | — | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 1.3 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | 1.7 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 22% |
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 2.3 mi | 47.4 | 18% | 30% |
| Avening | 1,054 | 2.7 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 3.2 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 3.4 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Nailsworth’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 Nailsworth’s residents
What is the population of Nailsworth?
The 2021 Census counted 5,657 people in Nailsworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nailsworth?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 79% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nailsworth?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nailsworth?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Nailsworth good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nailsworth’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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