Roman Catholic Church of St James · Photo: andy dolman · CC BY-SA 2.04.4% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 58% in Bartestree. Locally, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over. The village had 1,655 residents in 662 households at the 2021 Census.
Bartestree is younger than 57% of UK towns: a median age of 43.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. In Ledbury, the oldest of Herefordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 31%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 75% of UK towns: 5.5% 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%.
9.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bartestree households average 2.5 people, larger than in 91% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. On households with dependent children, Bartestree sits higher than nearly four fifths of UK towns: 31%.
Households in terraced houses make up 8.1% in Bartestree, less than in 93% 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
Here 5.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
98% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 55% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 14% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
Bartestree: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 84% 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: 94% of Bartestree · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.4%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 94%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 67% of UK towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Bartestree has 36%.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
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
With adults who have never married at 30%, Bartestree is behind 65% of UK towns on that count. 42 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The village has fewer unpaid carers than just over half of UK towns, at 9.3%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bartestree counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 10% have no qualification (18%).
Bartestree and its 7 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartestree | 1,655 | — | 43.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 3.4 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 7 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 7.3 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Kingstone | 1,500 | 9 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 33% |
| Ledbury | 8,344 | 9.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 20% |
| Bromyard | 3,816 | 10 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Ross-on-Wye | 10,993 | 10.8 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 22% |
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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.
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Bartestree’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 Bartestree’s residents
What is the population of Bartestree?
The 2021 Census counted 1,655 people in Bartestree’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bartestree?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bartestree?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bartestree?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Bartestree good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bartestree’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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