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At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Yate’s 11,601 households held 28,352 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 25%. With a median age of 39.9, Yate is younger than 81% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Yate’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Yate’s population changed by +15% since 2011, more than in 75% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Yate’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 26,400 people in 2011; 30,300 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+46%) and the 45 to 64 least (+1%). The steepest year was mid-2022 to mid-2023, up 970 people.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
There is little gap on residents aged 65 and over: 18%, about the same as across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 25–29 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Yate, 39.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Yate ranks below 51% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 8.6%
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, 31% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. In Yate, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
More shared households of unrelated adults than 76% of UK towns: 3%
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.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 30% in Yate. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Below 71% of UK towns: 12% of households have no car or van
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
There is little gap on households in detached houses: 21%, about the same as across England’s towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%. On the census count, one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 66% of UK towns: 97%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 50% in Yate, more than in 94% 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: 91% of Yate · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Yate, 42%. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (0.5%).
A higher share of adults who have never married than 71% of UK towns, at 36%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 47% here and 44% across England’s towns. 697 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 25%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 25% of its adults qualified to degree level, Yate compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 36 in Yate South to 43 in Yate Kingsgate
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Yate Kingsgate is the oldest area, with 23% aged 65 or over; Yate South the youngest (median age 36). Families with children are most common in Yate South (35% of households).
Of 238 UK towns its size (20,000 to 38,000 people), the 54th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Egham is the youngest (31.1); Rustington the oldest (56.2). Nearest to Yate in age: Swinton (39.9), Coalville (39.9), Newark-on-Trent (40) and Dover (40).
Older than Yate: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yate | 28,352 | — | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 1 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 24% |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 2.9 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 29% |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 3.8 mi | 47 | 23% | 25% |
| Wickwar | 1,701 | 3.9 mi | 44.7 | 16% | 35% |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 5.1 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 31% |
| Stoke Gifford | 13,477 | 5.6 mi | 27.8 | 9.9% | 28% |
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 5.6 mi | 37.3 | 11% | 33% |
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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 Yate’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Yate’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 27,945 people in 2021, against 28,352 in the built-up area.
- 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 Yate’s residents
What is the population of Yate?
The 2021 Census counted 28,352 people in Yate’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 30,300 people in mid-2024, 15% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Yate?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 81% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yate?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yate?
50% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Yate good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Yate South (35% of households). Schools are on Yate’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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