Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Upthorpe is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 54.8
The share of one-person households is 15%, against 30% across England’s towns. In Upthorpe, 2.8% of households live in a terraced house. 5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 445 residents in 179 households.
35% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.4% in Upthorpe, less than in 96% 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%.
7.9% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Upthorpe, 48% and 12%.
Below 94% of UK towns: 20% of households have dependent children
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%, above 70% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. The average household has 2.5 people.
Above 99% of UK towns: 86% of households live in a detached house
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
In Upthorpe, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Upthorpe, more than in 99% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 97%
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: 97% of Upthorpe · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
Upthorpe sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (70%)
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 12 residents. 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 9.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
49% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
10% of Upthorpe’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 49% have one at degree level (34%).
Upthorpe is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upthorpe | 445 | — | 54.8 | 35% | 20% |
| Dursley | 7,935 | 1.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 29% |
| Cam | 7,730 | 1.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 3.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 3.4 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 4.2 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Wotton-under-Edge | 4,966 | 4.3 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 25% |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 4.9 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 Upthorpe’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 Upthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Upthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 445 people in Upthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upthorpe?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upthorpe?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upthorpe?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Upthorpe good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upthorpe’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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