Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.2%
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Beenham has 14%. In 2021, the Census found 760 residents in the village, living in 309 households. On the census count, 8.8% of households live in a terraced house. The median age here is 50, higher than in 84% of UK towns.
7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 18% across England’s towns. In Wargrave, the oldest of Berkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
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.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, below 65% of UK towns
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%.
8% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 18%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Beenham comes in at 2.6%. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. On average, 2.5 people share a household. Households with dependent children are more common here than in nearly three fifths of UK towns.
Households in flats: 2%, a lower share than 97% 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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Beenham, 51%. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
More residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns: 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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (2%) and in EU countries (1.7%). 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 52% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
In Beenham, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 72% 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: 92% of Beenham · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Beenham has 38%. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Indian (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 92%, more than in half of UK towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 63%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 28 residents. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Beenham’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Beenham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beenham | 760 | — | 50 | 24% | 28% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 3.2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 3.4 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 3.9 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 4.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 4.4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 4.8 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 4.9 mi | 47.1 | 20% | 32% |
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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 Beenham’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 Beenham’s residents
What is the population of Beenham?
The 2021 Census counted 760 people in Beenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beenham?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beenham?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beenham?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Beenham good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beenham’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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