Photo: Alan Pascoe · CC BY-SA 3.022% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
36% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 412 residents in Aldermaston, living in 188 households. For Aldermaston, the census puts adults who have never married at 25%. Higher than in 85% of UK towns: 47% of residents said they have no religion.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of UK towns, at 9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 21% in Aldermaston and 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of the village’s residents are over 46.6, older than in nearly two thirds of UK 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.
Fewer full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
In Aldermaston, 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Aldermaston households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 84% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Berkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
In Aldermaston, 9.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 84% 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
At 24%, households in terraced houses sit close to the figure across England’s towns. One household in every 10 has no car or van. More households in flats than in 72% of UK towns: 16%.
More residents born abroad than 69% of UK towns: 8.9% in Aldermaston
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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Aldermaston, 97% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%).
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 57% 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 Aldermaston · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 47%, against 46% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (1.2%).
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 78% 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 unpaid carers at 10%, Aldermaston is ahead of 78% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. 12 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Older than Aldermaston: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldermaston | 412 | — | 46.6 | 21% | 22% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 1.9 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 3.6 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 3.9 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 4 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 4.8 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 5 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 5.4 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Berkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Berkshire (or England), summed the same way as Aldermaston’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 Aldermaston’s residents
What is the population of Aldermaston?
The 2021 Census counted 412 people in Aldermaston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aldermaston?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aldermaston?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aldermaston?
47% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Aldermaston good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aldermaston’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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