Photo: Chewstation ( Uploads ) · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Uley is over 52.4
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. For Uley, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 60%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 81% of UK towns. Its 421 households held 993 residents at the 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of UK towns: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up nearly one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 66% of UK towns: 4.5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 47% of Uley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 14%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in two thirds of UK towns.
Larger households than 72% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.6%.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.3% of households have no car or van
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 15% in Uley. On top of that, at 3.6%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 90% of UK towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 51% in the village.
Uley: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 76% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 7.8% here, more than in 62% of UK towns.
Uley: 45% of residents said they have no religion, above 74% of UK towns
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 Uley · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Uley. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (6.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.4%).
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
Some 24 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 90% of UK towns.
51% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
51% of Uley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.9% have none (18%).
Uley sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uley | 993 | — | 52.4 | 30% | 24% |
| Dursley | 7,935 | 1.9 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Cam | 7,730 | 2.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 3.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 3.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Wotton-under-Edge | 4,966 | 3.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 25% |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 4.4 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 23% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 4.5 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 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 Uley’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 Uley’s residents
What is the population of Uley?
The 2021 Census counted 993 people in Uley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Uley?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Uley?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Uley?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Uley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Uley’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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