Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0In Pilning, 5.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Pilning has 22%. Locally, 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Higher than in three quarters of UK towns: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Census day 2021: 1,400 residents and 545 households in the village.
What the Census says about Pilning’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 47% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Pilning is 45, higher than in 54% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 79% 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%.
Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Pilning comes in at 5.3%. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 94% of UK towns: 2.6 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 5%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
More detached houses than 77% of UK towns: 41% of households
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
Here 19% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 68% of UK towns: 4.7%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The figure for residents whose main language is English is 98% in Pilning and 90% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 87% of UK towns, at 48%
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: 94% of Pilning · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (94%), Pilning is above 63% of UK towns. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 47%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns: 31%
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
For 34 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 67% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of Pilning’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Pilning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilning | 1,400 | — | 45 | 20% | 28% |
| Severn Beach | 2,208 | 1 mi | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Olveston | 1,009 | 3.1 mi | 50.6 | 33% | 25% |
| Almondsbury | 2,937 | 3.4 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 33% |
| Patchway | 16,517 | 3.4 mi | 35.1 | 13% | 33% |
| Beachley | 1,120 | 4 mi | 29 | 18% | 35% |
| Portskewett | 1,627 | 4.1 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 4.4 mi | 37.3 | 11% | 33% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Pilning’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 Pilning’s residents
What is the population of Pilning?
The 2021 Census counted 1,400 people in Pilning’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pilning?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pilning?
94% 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 Pilning?
48% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Pilning good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pilning’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.