Photo: ChrisTrim · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Rudgeway is over 51.9, older than 92% of UK towns
Nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). Rudgeway’s 143 households held 346 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 60% of households live in a detached house. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 99% of UK towns: 3.5%.
In Rudgeway, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8% of the total. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Rudgeway: 5% of adults are full-time students, above 59% 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%.
There is little gap on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 20% of households have dependent children in Rudgeway
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 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Locally, 4.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 20% of households are one person living alone.
2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 97% 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
By its share of households without a car or van (9.1%), Rudgeway is below 87% of UK towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 81% of UK towns, at 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in Africa (1.5%). Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 5.5% in Rudgeway and 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in Rudgeway, more than in 74% 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 Rudgeway · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Arab (0.3%). More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 62% of UK towns: 52%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 39% in Rudgeway.
Adults who have never married: 25%, a lower share than 93% 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
7 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Rudgeway counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Rudgeway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudgeway | 346 | — | 51.9 | 29% | 20% |
| Alveston | 2,065 | 1 mi | 53.4 | 34% | 22% |
| Olveston | 1,009 | 1.6 mi | 50.6 | 33% | 25% |
| Almondsbury | 2,937 | 1.6 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 33% |
| Thornbury | 14,483 | 2.6 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 3 mi | 37.3 | 11% | 33% |
| Patchway | 16,517 | 3.5 mi | 35.1 | 13% | 33% |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 4.3 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 29% |
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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 Rudgeway’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 Rudgeway’s residents
What is the population of Rudgeway?
The 2021 Census counted 346 people in Rudgeway’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rudgeway?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rudgeway?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rudgeway?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Rudgeway good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rudgeway’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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