Church of St Bartholomew · Photo: Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0In Nympsfield, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. 9% of households have no car or van. With a median age of 49.4, Nympsfield is older than just over four fifths of UK towns. The village had 461 residents in 179 households at the 2021 Census.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
Here 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Nympsfield: 4.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, above 94% 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.
Here, 28% of households have dependent children. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
52% of households live in a detached house, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Flats are home to nearly one in ten households, against 23% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns. For Nympsfield, the census puts households in terraced houses at 14%.
Nympsfield: 8.5% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (2.6%). On residents whose main language is English, Nympsfield sits lower than just over two thirds of UK towns: 96%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 78% 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: 91% of Nympsfield · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and African (1.5%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 73% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 93% of UK towns: 57%
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
Adults who have never married make up 28%, against 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 6.6%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of Nympsfield’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
Around Nympsfield, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nympsfield | 461 | — | 49.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 1.9 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 2.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 3 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Dursley | 7,935 | 3.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 3.2 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 3.4 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Cam | 7,730 | 3.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 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 Nympsfield’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 Nympsfield’s residents
What is the population of Nympsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 461 people in Nympsfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nympsfield?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nympsfield?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nympsfield?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Nympsfield good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nympsfield’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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