Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 8.6% of households have no car or van in Severn Beach
With households with dependent children at 26%, Severn Beach is behind 66% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census counted 2,208 residents in 948 households. On the census count, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in two thirds of UK towns.
What the Census says about Severn Beach’s people
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 46% 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).
Younger than 54% of UK towns: half of Severn Beach is under 44
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7% of residents. Set against 12% across England’s towns, 9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Severn Beach.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Severn Beach ranks below 93% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over a quarter of Severn Beach’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 32%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.4% of the total. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
2.3 people per household, more than in 57% 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.
The share of one-person households stands at 30%.
9.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 57% 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
Nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Severn Beach, the census puts households in detached houses at 30%.
93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 84% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 20% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. 9.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 72% of UK towns. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (7.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Severn Beach sits above 86% of UK towns for residents with no religion (47%)
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: 89% of Severn Beach · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, about the same as across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (7.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Bangladeshi (0.4%).
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 64% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid carers make up 9.9% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Severn Beach, the census puts adults who have never married at 32%.
A degree-level qualification for 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 21% of adults in Severn Beach (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 21% (England’s towns: 18%).
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Severn Beach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severn Beach | 2,208 | — | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Pilning | 1,400 | 1 mi | 45 | 20% | 28% |
| Portskewett | 1,627 | 3.3 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Beachley | 1,120 | 4 mi | 29 | 18% | 35% |
| Olveston | 1,009 | 4 mi | 50.6 | 33% | 25% |
| Patchway | 16,517 | 4.2 mi | 35.1 | 13% | 33% |
| Almondsbury | 2,937 | 4.4 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 33% |
| Caldicot | 9,813 | 4.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Severn Beach’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 Severn Beach’s residents
What is the population of Severn Beach?
The 2021 Census counted 2,208 people in Severn Beach’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Severn Beach?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Severn Beach?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Severn Beach?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Severn Beach good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Severn Beach’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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