Photo: Roger Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0Sandhurst sits below 99% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (2.7%)
The share of households without a car or van is 5.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. On adults who have never married, Sandhurst sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 22%. There were 112 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 269 residents. The census found that a fifth of households are one person living alone here.
A median age of 50.2: Sandhurst is older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Sandhurst has 24%. 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.
Sandhurst sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.6%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Sandhurst has 42% and 15%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
Only 22% of households have dependent children in Sandhurst
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Sandhurst, 2.4. Shared households of unrelated adults: 5.4% of the total. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
Sandhurst sits above 96% of UK towns for households in detached houses (59%)
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 5.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Sandhurst sits above 69% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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
7.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%).
In Sandhurst, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 67% 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: 93% of Sandhurst · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 38% here and 37% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 93% in Sandhurst. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Sandhurst sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (65%)
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 12% in Sandhurst and 8.7% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Sandhurst, 14%, while 43% hold one at degree level (34%).
Older than Sandhurst: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhurst | 269 | — | 50.2 | 24% | 22% |
| Longford | 2,536 | 1.6 mi | 33.7 | 10% | 36% |
| Moor End | 1,168 | 2.7 mi | 18.6 | 7.9% | 19% |
| Highnam | 1,920 | 2.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 30% |
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 2.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 3.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Corse | 1,217 | 4.7 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 28% |
| Upton St Leonards | 1,132 | 5.3 mi | 55.5 | 36% | 19% |
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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 Sandhurst’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 Sandhurst’s residents
What is the population of Sandhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 269 people in Sandhurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sandhurst?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sandhurst?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sandhurst?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Sandhurst good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sandhurst’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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