Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.06% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Asked about religion, 32% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. There were 220 households in Bray at the 2021 Census, home to 465 residents. In Bray, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. At 6.3%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 98% of UK towns.
Half of Bray is over 50.7, older than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
27% of Bray is 65 or over, against 15% across Berkshire’s towns 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
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 5.4% in Bray, more than in 71% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Bray has 59% and 8%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.9% locally.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Bray, 22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% 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.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. One-person households account for 34%. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 93% of UK towns: 4.1%.
27% of households live in a terraced house, a share 75% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 40% of households live in a detached house here. For Bray, the census puts households in flats at 23%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Only 96% of residents have English as their main language in Bray
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
Residents born outside the UK: 17% here and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Bray, more than in 92% 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: 84% of Bray · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (8.8%), Mixed or multiple (3%) and Indian (1.3%). 84% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 80% of UK towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Only 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Bray
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
7 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Bray has more married adults and civil partners than nearly three quarters of UK towns, at 52%.
Degree-level qualifications: 53% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Bray, 53% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.6% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Bray are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray | 465 | — | 50.7 | 27% | 22% |
| Maidenhead | 67,391 | 1.8 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 33% |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 2.6 mi | 45.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 3.5 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 30% |
| Cookham | 5,216 | 3.7 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Eton | 2,461 | 3.9 mi | 18.6 | 6.7% | 18% |
| Slough | 166,868 | 4.1 mi | 35.3 | 10% | 43% |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 4.8 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 32% |
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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 Bray’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 Bray’s residents
What is the population of Bray?
The 2021 Census counted 465 people in Bray’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bray?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bray?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 17% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bray?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Bray good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bray’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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