Winter view of Stone village green, Gloucestershire

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46.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Below 99% of UK towns: 2.4% of households have no car or van

Households in detached houses make up 63%, against 21% across England’s towns. Stone is home to 536 residents in 209 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, 22% of households are one person living alone. More married adults and civil partners than in 95% of UK towns: 58%.

21%aged 65 or over 3.9%born abroad 209households

Ages

Older than 66% of UK towns: half of Stone is over 46.7

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

StoneEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

At 12%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6431%

65 and over21%

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Stone

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

In Stone, 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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

Full-time students6.4%

Higher managerial and professional23%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical2.3%

Semi-routine8.5%

Routine6.9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.4%

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Stone

5.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

By its share of full-time students (6.4%), Stone is above 88% of UK towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Larger households than 95% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 11%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 3.4%

Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns

Stone

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person21%

2 people39%

3 people13%

4 people17%

5 or more9.5%

England’s towns.

The share of households with dependent children is 30%, against 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

Fewer flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.9% of households

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Stone

Gloucestershire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van2.4%

One28%

Two43%

Three or more27%

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Terraced houses are home to 18% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.

Where people were born

A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%

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%

Stone

3.9%

Gloucestershire’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

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Here 3.9% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).

Ethnicity & religion

59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach

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

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.5%

Asian0.2%

Mixed2.3%

Black0.2%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Stone · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian59%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.8%

Didn’t answer4.3%

0%35%70%

After White British, the most common groups are Mixed or multiple (2.3%), Other White (1.5%) and African (0.2%). Stone has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 86% of UK towns, at 96%. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 36% here.

Relationships & caring

29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 76% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership29%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated1.8%

Divorced7.8%

Widowed3.9%

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

44residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.6%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.9%

20 to 49 hours0.8%

50 hours or more2%

Unpaid carers make up 8.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 39% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications8.6%

Apprenticeship6.7%

A levels or similar22%

Degree level39%

StoneGloucestershire’s townsEngland’s towns

8.6% of Stone’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 39% have one at degree level (34%). The highest qualification of 22% is A levels, often students still at university.

Neighbours

Stone is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BerkeleyCharfieldThornburySharpnessKingswoodWotton-under-EdgeCamStone

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Stone	536	—	46.7	21%	30%
Berkeley	2,250	2.6 mi	46	24%	24%
Charfield	2,833	3.2 mi	42.3	17%	34%
Thornbury	14,483	3.9 mi	43.5	23%	29%
Sharpness	1,237	4.1 mi	39.9	17%	30%
Kingswood	1,409	4.5 mi	43.6	18%	36%
Wotton-under-Edge	4,966	4.9 mi	47.6	26%	25%
Cam	7,730	4.9 mi	49.2	25%	24%

More about Stone’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Stone’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 Stone’s residents

What is the population of Stone?

The 2021 Census counted 536 people in Stone’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Stone?

The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Stone?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Stone?

36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.

Is Stone good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stone’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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