Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Slimbridge is over 53, older than 94% of UK towns
In Slimbridge, 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 715 people lived locally, in 298 households. Households without a car or van: 5.5% of the total. The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%.
In Slimbridge, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Full-time students make up 3.1% in Slimbridge, less than in 98% 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%.
By class, 39% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Slimbridge, 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Households with dependent children: 20%, a lower share than 94% 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 average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. For Slimbridge, the census puts one-person households at 22%. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 95% of UK towns.
More households in detached houses than 95% of UK towns: 58%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Slimbridge comes in at 9.8%. 1.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 98% of UK towns; 58% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Slimbridge: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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
3.2% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 85% of UK towns, at 56%
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: 98% of Slimbridge · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion here. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 27. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Slimbridge sits higher than 91% of UK towns: 11%. Still, just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Slimbridge, 39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%).
Slimbridge is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slimbridge | 715 | — | 53 | 25% | 20% |
| Cam | 7,730 | 2.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 2.6 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 3 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 31% |
| Dursley | 7,935 | 3.5 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Sharpness | 1,237 | 4 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 4.2 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 4.3 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Slimbridge’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 Slimbridge’s residents
What is the population of Slimbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 715 people in Slimbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Slimbridge?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Slimbridge?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Slimbridge?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Slimbridge good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Slimbridge’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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