Photo: Collin West · CC BY 3.0In Upper Oddington, 2.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
The share of households in flats is 4%, against 23% across England’s towns. There were 170 households in Upper Oddington at the 2021 Census, home to 412 residents. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. On married adults and civil partners, Upper Oddington sits higher than 90% of UK towns: 56%.
Half of Upper Oddington is over 49.8, older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.8% in Upper Oddington, less than in 89% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Upper Oddington has 43% and 13%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. In Upper Oddington, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer people live alone than in 73% of UK towns: 27% of households
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 typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.5% in Upper Oddington.
More detached houses than 93% of UK towns: 54% of households
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
Terraced houses are home to nearly one in ten households, against 24% across England’s towns. 4% of households live in a flat, less than in 88% of UK towns; 54% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 68% of UK towns: 8.7%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Set against 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language in Upper Oddington.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 91% of UK towns: 59%
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 Upper Oddington · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Indian (0.2%). Upper Oddington has fewer residents with no religion than four fifths of UK towns, at 36%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Upper Oddington comes in at 92%.
Upper Oddington ranks below 87% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
6.5% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 42% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Upper Oddington, 3 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Oddington | 412 | — | 49.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 2.1 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Upper Rissington | 1,999 | 4.2 mi | 38.5 | 9.1% | 41% |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 4.2 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 4,177 | 4.8 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Chipping Norton | 6,991 | 5.4 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood | 2,956 | 5.4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 7 mi | 53.4 | 29% | 22% |
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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 Upper Oddington’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 Upper Oddington’s residents
What is the population of Upper Oddington?
The 2021 Census counted 412 people in Upper Oddington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Oddington?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Oddington?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Oddington?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Oddington good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Oddington’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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