Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Woolaston is over 53.2
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Woolaston comes in at 2%. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. 70% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns. The village had 830 residents in 357 households at the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 9.6% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6% in Woolaston.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 98% of UK towns: 3.2% 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%.
Here 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% 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.
By its share of households with dependent children (23%), Woolaston is below 85% of UK towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 6.2%
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 (8.2%), Woolaston is below 91% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Woolaston ranks above 88% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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
4.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 10% across Gloucestershire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%), then in EU countries (1%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 84% of UK towns, at 56%
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: 97% of Woolaston · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Woolaston has 38%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.6%).
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Woolaston. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Here, one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in Woolaston, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
Woolaston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolaston | 830 | — | 53.2 | 32% | 23% |
| Lydney | 9,655 | 3.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 26% |
| Bream | 3,117 | 3.4 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 4.6 mi | 51 | 27% | 23% |
| Tutshill and Sedbury | 3,618 | 5 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Sharpness | 1,237 | 5.2 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Berkeley | 2,250 | 5.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 24% |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 5.9 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 26% |
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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 Woolaston’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 Woolaston’s residents
What is the population of Woolaston?
The 2021 Census counted 830 people in Woolaston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woolaston?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woolaston?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woolaston?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Woolaston good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woolaston’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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