Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.01.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
With a median age of 49.8, Northleach is older than 84% of UK towns. The village’s 863 households held 1,997 residents at the 2021 Census. In Northleach, just over two in five households live in a detached house. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%, above 88% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of UK towns, at 8.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.4% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 70% of UK towns: 4.4%
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 take in just over two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2% of the total.
Fewer households with dependent children than 59% of UK towns: 26%
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 one-person households trails just over three fifths of UK towns: 29%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Households without a car or van: 10%, a lower share than 82% 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
Households in terraced houses: 21% here and 24% across England’s towns. 6% of households live in a flat or apartment.
In Northleach, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% of UK towns
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 14% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%) or in EU countries (1.9%).
In Northleach, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 72% of UK towns
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 Northleach · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.4%), African (0.7%) and Indian (0.6%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 78% of UK towns: 36%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Only 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Northleach
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
Unpaid carers: 8.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners account for 53%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Northleach, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Northleach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northleach | 1,997 | — | 49.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 4,177 | 5.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Upper Rissington | 1,999 | 6.4 mi | 38.5 | 9.1% | 41% |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 8.6 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Burford | 1,522 | 8.6 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 16% |
| Fairford | 4,240 | 8.8 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 28% |
| Stratton | 2,558 | 9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 9.7 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 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 Northleach’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 Northleach’s residents
What is the population of Northleach?
The 2021 Census counted 1,997 people in Northleach’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Northleach?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Northleach?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Northleach?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Northleach good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Northleach’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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