Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0In Stonehouse, 45% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 76% of UK towns
With households with dependent children at 25%, Stonehouse is behind 70% of UK towns on that count. This Gloucestershire town had 8,302 residents in 3,518 households at the 2021 Census. In Stonehouse, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 85% of UK towns.
Stonehouse’s population changed by +9% since 2011, more than in 55% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Stonehouse’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,700 people in 2011; 8,400 in 2024.
Mid-2021 to mid-2022 brought the biggest yearly rise, 150 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+35%), the 0 to 15 group the smallest (−3%).
Stonehouse sits above 83% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.4% of residents. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Stonehouse, 43.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
In Stonehouse, nearly a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.9% in the town.
Smaller households than 54% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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 census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Stonehouse.
Only 24% of households live in a detached house in Stonehouse
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
16% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
Below 52% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 16%.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 52% of UK towns, at 92%
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: 92% of Stonehouse · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (0.5%). At 46%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 71% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, below 69% 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
At 8.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. 206 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 30% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).
171st lowest median age among 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Stonehouse in age: Gatley (43.8), Oundle (43.8), Malmesbury (43.9) and Okehampton (43.9).
The towns around Stonehouse are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | — | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 1.3 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 1.7 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 2.3 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 2.5 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 3.6 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 3.9 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 31% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 4.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Stonehouse’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Stonehouse’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,067 people in 2021, against 8,302 in the built-up area.
- 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 Stonehouse’s residents
What is the population of Stonehouse?
The 2021 Census counted 8,302 people in Stonehouse’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,400 people in mid-2024, 9% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Stonehouse?
The median age was 43.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 55% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stonehouse?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stonehouse?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Stonehouse good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stonehouse’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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