Photo: Phil Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Upton Cheyney is over 53.1
One-person households make up 22%, against 30% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 454 residents in 187 households. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 8.5% in Upton Cheyney. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Upton Cheyney sits higher than 90% of UK towns: 96%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns: 7.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across Upton Cheyney, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Upton Cheyney ranks below 96% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.4%
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%.
43% of Upton Cheyney’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 82% of UK towns
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.
Upton Cheyney sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3%, about the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Upton Cheyney ranks below 97% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 6.4%
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
Households in flats: 3.2% here and 23% across England’s towns. On the census count, 56% of households live in a detached house. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Above 90% of UK towns: 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.9%) and in EU countries (2%). More residents born outside the UK than in 62% of UK towns: 7.7%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 63% of UK towns, at 52%
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 Upton Cheyney · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and African (0.2%).
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 58% in Upton Cheyney. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: just over a tenth of the total.
Degree-level qualifications: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Upton Cheyney’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 42% have one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Upton Cheyney
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Cheyney | 454 | — | 53.1 | 27% | 24% |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 2 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Wick | 1,579 | 2 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 2.7 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 27% |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 3.8 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 3.8 mi | 18.8 | 3.2% | 19% |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 3.9 mi | 47 | 23% | 25% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 4.7 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
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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 Upton Cheyney’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 Upton Cheyney’s residents
What is the population of Upton Cheyney?
The 2021 Census counted 454 people in Upton Cheyney’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upton Cheyney?
The median age was 53.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upton Cheyney?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upton Cheyney?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Upton Cheyney good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upton Cheyney’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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