Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.03.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
One-person households make up 18%, against 30% across England’s towns. 1,701 residents in 655 households: that is Wickwar at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 58% here. More married adults and civil partners than in 98% of UK towns: 60%.
What the Census says about Wickwar’s people
A village of families
35% of Wickwar’s 655 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 91% of UK towns. The usual figure: 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 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 86% of UK towns: 6.2%
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%.
By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 9.9%, more than in 72% of UK towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A family village: 35% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 85% of UK towns: 1.7%. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns.
Only 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Wickwar
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Wickwar has 18%. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 75% 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
In Wickwar, 5% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in Africa (1.1%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
No religion: 45% of residents, a higher share than 79% of UK towns
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: 95% of Wickwar · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Chinese (0.3%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 73% of UK towns. Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Wickwar has 48%.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Wickwar, less than in 91% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. 31 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Wickwar’s adults: 43% with a degree-level qualification and 9.5% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. The highest qualification of 18% is A levels, often students still at university.
Wickwar and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickwar | 1,701 | — | 44.7 | 16% | 35% |
| Charfield | 2,833 | 2.3 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 34% |
| Kingswood | 1,409 | 2.6 mi | 43.6 | 18% | 36% |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 3.5 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 31% |
| Wotton-under-Edge | 4,966 | 3.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 25% |
| Yate | 28,352 | 3.9 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 4 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 24% |
| Thornbury | 14,483 | 5.3 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Wickwar’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 Wickwar’s residents
What is the population of Wickwar?
The 2021 Census counted 1,701 people in Wickwar’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wickwar?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wickwar?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wickwar?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wickwar good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wickwar’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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