Photo: Richard Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Welsh Bicknor is over 50.2, older than 86% of UK towns
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Welsh Bicknor has 4.4%. The village’s 861 households held 1,988 residents at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses: 47% of the total. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
What the Census says about Welsh Bicknor’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Welsh Bicknor’s residents are under 50.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 22% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% in Welsh Bicknor, less than in 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Welsh Bicknor, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
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.
Below 79% of UK towns: 4.2% of adults are full-time students
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 take in nearly a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 27% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.2%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Households with dependent children make up 25% in Welsh Bicknor, less than in 74% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Welsh Bicknor has 28%. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally.
Welsh Bicknor sits below 91% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (9.3%)
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 without a car or van make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Welsh Bicknor: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 94% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 82% of UK towns: 3.7%. Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Welsh Bicknor ranks above 88% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 48%
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 Welsh Bicknor · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
45% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Pakistani (0.3%).
More married adults and civil partners than 71% of UK towns: 51%
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 49 residents. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 9.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Welsh Bicknor, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Welsh Bicknor: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Bicknor | 1,988 | — | 50.2 | 22% | 25% |
| Ruardean | 1,195 | 1.6 mi | 52.4 | 29% | 20% |
| Berry Hill | 2,211 | 2.7 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 2.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 28% |
| Broadwell and Coalway | 3,304 | 3.1 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 26% |
| Coleford | 5,023 | 3.6 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 3.7 mi | 44 | 22% | 25% |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 4 mi | 45.2 | 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 Welsh Bicknor’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 Welsh Bicknor’s residents
What is the population of Welsh Bicknor?
The 2021 Census counted 1,988 people in Welsh Bicknor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Welsh Bicknor?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Welsh Bicknor?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Welsh Bicknor?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Welsh Bicknor good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Welsh Bicknor’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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