Editing South Gloucestershire (section)

==Demographics==

=== Population ===
At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the population of South Gloucestershire was 245,641.<ref name="Demographic">{{cite web |url=http://www.southglos.gov.uk/_Resources/Publications/PTE/03/0200/PTE-03-0009 |title=South Gloucestershire Census Profile |publisher=South Gloucestershire Council |date=12 January 2003 |access-date=14 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308103213/http://www.southglos.gov.uk/_Resources/Publications/PTE/03/0200/PTE-03-0009 |archive-date=8 March 2008 }}</ref>

At the 2011 census, the population had increased to 262,767.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

At the [[2021 UK census|2021 census]], the population estimate for South Gloucestershire is 290,400.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2021 {{!}} BETA - South Gloucestershire Council |url=https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/census-2021/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=beta.southglos.gov.uk |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210052212/https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/census-2021/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Age ===
According to Government data, the population of 25-34 year olds in South Gloucestershire has increased by 1.7% between 2011 and 2021. There has been a decrease in the population of under-4 year-olds and 10-19 year-olds between the 2011 Census and the 2021 Census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How life has changed in South Gloucestershire: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000025/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=sveltekit-prerender |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population by age in South Gloucestershire
!Age group
!Population percentage in the 2011 Census
!Population percentage in the 2021 Census
!Percentage change (%)
|-
|0 to 4 years
|6.1%
|5.6%
| -0.5%
|-
|5 to 9 years
|5.6%
|5.9%
| +0.3%
|-
|10 to 15 years
|7.4%
|6.8%
| -0.6%
|-
|16 to 19 years
|5.4%
|4.5%
| -0.9%
|-
|20 to 24 years
|5.9%
|6.2%
| +0.3%
|-
|25 to 34 years
|12.0%
|13.7%
| +1.7%
|-
|35 to 49 years
|22.6%
|19.2%
| -3.4%
|-
|50 to 64 years
|18.3%
|19.4%
| +1.1%
|-
|65 to 74 years
|9.1%
|9.5%
| +0.4%
|-
|75 to 84 years
|5.6%
|6.6%
| +1.0%
|-
|85 years and over
|2.1%
|2.6%
| +0.5%
|}

=== Ethnic Groups ===
According to the 2001 census estimates, 97.6 percent of the population was described as white, 0.8 percent as dual heritage, 0.7 percent as Asian or Asian British, 0.4 percent as Black or Black British and 0.5 percent as Chinese or other.<ref name="Demographic" />

Much of the population is in towns that form the 'suburbs' to the north and east of Bristol. There are also the large towns of [[Yate]] and its neighbour [[Chipping Sodbury]], [[Thornbury, South Gloucestershire|Thornbury]], the large villages of [[Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire|Winterbourne]] and [[Frampton Cotterell]], [[Wickwar]], [[Alveston]], [[Olveston]] and [[Tockington]].