Photo: Eric Soons · CC BY-SA 2.048% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 88% of UK towns
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. In Ruspidge, just over two in five households live in a detached house. 11% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 77% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,431 residents in 1,056 households.
What the Census says about Ruspidge’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% 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).
A median age of 45.2: Ruspidge is older than 55% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
For Ruspidge, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
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.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, below 86% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Ruspidge. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Below 74% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Ruspidge. On average, 2.3 people share a household. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 14% in Ruspidge, less than in 73% 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 flats: 7.1%, below 72% of UK towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents born outside the UK is 3.5%, against 18% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in Africa (0.9%).
In Ruspidge, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 84% 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: 96% of Ruspidge · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 45%, against 46% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
Ruspidge: 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 65% 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
79 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.2%.
24% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Ruspidge counts 24% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Ruspidge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | — | 45.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 1 mi | 44 | 22% | 25% |
| Newnham | 1,054 | 2.3 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 18% |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 3.1 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 28% |
| Blakeney | 1,303 | 3.6 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 3.7 mi | 51 | 27% | 23% |
| Ruardean | 1,195 | 3.8 mi | 52.4 | 29% | 20% |
| Mitcheldean | 2,163 | 4 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Ruspidge’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 Ruspidge’s residents
What is the population of Ruspidge?
The 2021 Census counted 2,431 people in Ruspidge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ruspidge?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ruspidge?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ruspidge?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ruspidge good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ruspidge’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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