Photo: Tigerboy1966 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rendcomb sits below 99% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (3.4%)
28% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. On the census count, 14% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 58% of households live in a detached house. Rendcomb counted 278 residents and 89 households at the 2021 Census.
In Rendcomb, 17% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Rendcomb’s residents are under 38.3, younger than in 88% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
14% of adults are full-time students, more than in 98% 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%.
Leave the students aside and Rendcomb’s other adults differ from England’s: 55% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. For Rendcomb, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 22%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children: 34%, a higher share than 91% 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.
In Rendcomb, a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.5 people in the average household. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 54% of UK towns: 2.3%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Rendcomb comes in at 6.8%. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
18% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 91% in Rendcomb. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (9%) and in EU countries (5.8%).
In Rendcomb, 64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 98% 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: 82% of Rendcomb · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Rendcomb has 82%. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (7.9%), Chinese (5%) and Mixed or multiple (3.6%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 56% in Rendcomb, more than in 92% 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
By its share of adults who have never married (32%), Rendcomb is below 54% of UK towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 6.5%.
A degree-level qualification for 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Rendcomb’s adults: 51% with a degree-level qualification and 9.1% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. For 11%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Rendcomb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendcomb | 278 | — | 38.3 | 14% | 34% |
| Stratton | 2,558 | 3.9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 5.1 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Northleach | 1,997 | 6.6 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 26% |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 8.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Shurdington | 1,888 | 8.2 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 26% |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 8.9 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Brockworth | 12,007 | 8.9 mi | 35.6 | 14% | 34% |
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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 Rendcomb’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 Rendcomb’s residents
What is the population of Rendcomb?
The 2021 Census counted 278 people in Rendcomb’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rendcomb?
The median age was 38.3 at the 2021 Census. 17% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
Is Rendcomb a student village?
Yes: 14% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (29 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Rendcomb?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rendcomb?
28% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Rendcomb good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rendcomb’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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