Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Shipton is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.7
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 356 residents in Shipton, living in 154 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 5.8%. Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Shipton has 59%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, a lower share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
60–64 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across Shipton, 22% of residents are 65 or over. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
13% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 94% 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%.
5.6% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Shipton
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 average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. In Shipton, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. Higher than in 91% of UK towns: 3.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Above 99% of UK towns: 69% of households live in a detached house
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
One in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
More residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 9.2% in Shipton. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.4%), then in EU countries (2.8%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 96% of UK towns, at 62%
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 Shipton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 35% in Shipton. For Shipton, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 93%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 91% of UK towns, at 25%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 6 residents. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.7%, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 57% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Shipton, 57% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 8.2% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Shipton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipton | 356 | — | 52.7 | 22% | 23% |
| Prestbury | 4,078 | 5.2 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Northleach | 1,997 | 5.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Winchcombe | 4,339 | 6.3 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Cheltenham | 115,941 | 6.4 mi | 40.1 | 19% | 25% |
| Shurdington | 1,888 | 7.3 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 26% |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 16,323 | 7.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Gotherington | 1,131 | 8.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Shipton’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 Shipton’s residents
What is the population of Shipton?
The 2021 Census counted 356 people in Shipton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shipton?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shipton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shipton?
35% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.8% didn’t answer.
Is Shipton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shipton’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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