Parish Church of St. Andrew · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 6%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
97% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). At 36%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 94% of UK towns. For Boxford, the census puts households in flats at 1.4%.
Younger than 61% of UK towns: half of Boxford is under 43.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%, against 18% across England’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
Only 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Boxford
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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Boxford has 5%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 87% of UK towns, at 25%
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Boxford, 2.7%. A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 12% of households have no car or van in Boxford
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Add to that, at 34%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 63% of UK towns. In one household in 8 there is no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 98% 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
3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%) or in EU countries (0.5%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 67% of UK towns: 52%
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: 97% of Boxford · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Boxford has 43%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
5 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Boxford has 7%.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
38% of Boxford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 24% have none (18%).
Boxford is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boxford | 184 | — | 43.1 | 22% | 36% |
| Kintbury | 2,054 | 3.8 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Newbury | 42,262 | 4.1 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 5.2 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Hermitage | 2,224 | 5.4 mi | 38.9 | 14% | 44% |
| Hungerford | 5,184 | 5.8 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Woolton Hill and Highclere | 2,755 | 5.9 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 33% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 6.2 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
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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.
- “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 Boxford’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 Boxford’s residents
What is the population of Boxford?
The 2021 Census counted 184 people in Boxford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Boxford?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Boxford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Boxford?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 2.2% didn’t answer.
Is Boxford good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Boxford’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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