Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.8: Twyning is older than 91% of UK towns
Married adults and civil partners: 61% here and 44% across England’s towns. Twyning had 1,079 residents in 473 households at the 2021 Census. 5.1% of households have no car or van. One-person households are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Twyning’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Twyning’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.2%, against 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Twyning sits below 76% of UK towns for households with dependent children (25%)
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.8% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. The average household has 2.3 people.
5.1% of households live in a terraced house, below 98% 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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Twyning comes in at 56%. On the census count, 2.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. For comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Twyning, 3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 91% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 94% 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
White British, not charted: 96% of Twyning · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (96%), Twyning is above 85% of UK towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Locally, 36% of residents said they have no religion.
Adults who have never married make up 21% in Twyning, less than in 99% 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
Some 28 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Unpaid carers: 9.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
42% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Twyning counts 42% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Twyning are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twyning | 1,079 | — | 51.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Bredon | 2,071 | 1.6 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 26% |
| Northway | 4,858 | 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Ashchurch | 1,102 | 3 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Tewkesbury | 14,387 | 3.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 26% |
| Eckington | 1,256 | 3.2 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 21% |
| Upton upon Severn | 2,403 | 3.7 mi | 54.1 | 31% | 16% |
| Gotherington | 1,131 | 6.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 27% |
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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 Twyning’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 Twyning’s residents
What is the population of Twyning?
The 2021 Census counted 1,079 people in Twyning’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Twyning?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Twyning?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Twyning?
36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Twyning good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Twyning’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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