Photo: Arpingstone · Public domainOlder than 94% of UK towns: half of Westerleigh is over 53.4
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Westerleigh comes in at 20%. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. There were 252 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 560 residents. Here, 12% of residents give unpaid care.
Westerleigh ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Westerleigh, 8.2%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Westerleigh ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.3%
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 work; in Westerleigh, 31% and 26%. 8.8% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Westerleigh
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, households average 2.4 people; in Westerleigh, 2.2. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone locally. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns.
In Westerleigh, 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 86% of UK towns
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
By its share of households without a car or van (11%), Westerleigh is below 78% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 12% locally. The village has more households in detached houses than 76% of UK towns, at 40%.
2.9% born outside the UK, fewer than in 93% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.9%) or in Africa (0.9%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 98% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 84% of UK towns: 96%
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 Westerleigh · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.9%), Caribbean (0.5%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%).
Below 95% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
21 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 53%, more than in 80% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Westerleigh counts 27% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
Westerleigh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerleigh | 560 | — | 53.4 | 30% | 20% |
| Yate | 28,352 | 1.8 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 2.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 29% |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 2.2 mi | 47 | 23% | 25% |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 2.2 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 24% |
| Wick | 1,579 | 4.1 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 4.3 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 29% |
| Stoke Gifford | 13,477 | 4.4 mi | 27.8 | 9.9% | 28% |
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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 Westerleigh’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 Westerleigh’s residents
What is the population of Westerleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 560 people in Westerleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Westerleigh?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Westerleigh?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Westerleigh?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Westerleigh good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Westerleigh’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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