Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Newnham is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.6
The average household has 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,054 residents and 512 households in Newnham. On the census count, nearly two in five households are one person living alone. More households in terraced houses than in 90% of UK towns: 35%.
What the Census says about Newnham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Newnham’s residents are under 53.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% 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).
32% of Newnham is 65 or over, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% 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 40% of Newnham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 3.9%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
Fewer families than 97% of UK towns: 18% of households have children
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults trails just over three fifths of UK towns: 2.2%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Newnham, 12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 71% 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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house in Newnham. On households in flats, Newnham sits lower than three fifths of UK towns: 9%. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Newnham ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
4.7% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Newnham sits above 85% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (96%)
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: 96% of Newnham · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.5%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 51%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 60% of UK towns. Residents with no religion make up 41%, against 37% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 67% of UK towns, at 30%
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
28 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married people and civil partners make up 48% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Newnham, 39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Newnham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham | 1,054 | — | 53.6 | 32% | 18% |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 2.3 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 2.5 mi | 44 | 22% | 25% |
| Blakeney | 1,303 | 3.3 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 4.2 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 31% |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 4.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 28% |
| Mitcheldean | 2,163 | 4.6 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 4.8 mi | 51 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Newnham’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 Newnham’s residents
What is the population of Newnham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,054 people in Newnham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newnham?
The median age was 53.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newnham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newnham?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Newnham good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newnham’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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