Photo: Geoff Pick. · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bradfield is under 17.2, younger than 99% of UK towns
27% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 926 residents and 98 households in Bradfield. Households with dependent children: 45% of the total. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 31% here, fewer than in 92% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.8% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
47% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Bradfield is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
A higher share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 59%
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%.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Bradfield, 16%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of UK towns: 22%
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 average household has 2.8 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Households without a car or van make up 4.3% in Bradfield, less than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Bradfield comes in at 45%. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%. The share of households in flats stands at 3.1%. Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 17% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Bradfield, more than in 79% 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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 96% in Bradfield. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.8%) or in EU countries (2.6%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 35%, a lower share than 97% 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: 85% of Bradfield · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.1%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 85% here, fewer than in 78% of UK towns.
Bradfield sits below 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (2.9%)
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. For Bradfield, the census puts adults who have never married at 69%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
28% of Bradfield’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 12%.
Every neighbour of Bradfield has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradfield | 926 | — | 17.2 | 2.8% | 45% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 2.5 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 2.7 mi | 47.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | 3.1 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 4.5 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 4.6 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Goring | 3,434 | 5.3 mi | 52.2 | 33% | 25% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 5.7 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Bradfield’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 Bradfield’s residents
What is the population of Bradfield?
The 2021 Census counted 926 people in Bradfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bradfield?
The median age was 17.2 at the 2021 Census. 47% of residents were 15 to 24 and 2.8% were 65 or over.
Is Bradfield a student village?
Yes: 59% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (339 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Bradfield?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bradfield?
31% said they had no religion and 35% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 31% didn’t answer.
Is Bradfield good for families?
45% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bradfield’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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