Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 7% in Whitminster, less than in 95% of UK towns
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Whitminster has 3.1%. At the 2021 Census Whitminster was home to 934 people in 382 households. For Whitminster, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9%. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns.
Whitminster is older than 62% of UK towns: a median age of 46.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Whitminster is behind 69% of UK towns on that count. No age band is larger than 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns, at 15%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Whitminster has 41% and 21%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.8% of the total.
32% of households have dependent children, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For Whitminster, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%.
Whitminster: 52% of households live in a detached house, above 91% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Whitminster has 12%. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns, at 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 82% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 87% 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 Whitminster · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. At 39%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 61% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.1%).
In Whitminster, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 17. Whitminster has fewer unpaid carers than 62% of UK towns, at 8.9%. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
35% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Whitminster compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Whitminster, 3 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitminster | 934 | — | 46.1 | 19% | 32% |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 1.5 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 31% |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 2.5 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 3.6 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 3.9 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 21,125 | 3.9 mi | 35.9 | 12% | 34% |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 4.7 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Whitminster’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 Whitminster’s residents
What is the population of Whitminster?
The 2021 Census counted 934 people in Whitminster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whitminster?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whitminster?
96% 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 Whitminster?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Whitminster good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whitminster’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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