Photo: Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0Brimpton is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
The figure for households without a car or van is 7.3% in Brimpton and 24% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 332 people lived in the village, in 135 households. Across Brimpton, 48% of households live in a detached house. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 59% here, more than in 96% of UK towns.
In Brimpton, 6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Brimpton, 2.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
4.3% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
In Brimpton, 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3%, above three quarters of UK towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.4 people. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 25% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households in flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.5%
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
7.3% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Set beside that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Brimpton, more than in 90% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (2.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%). Brimpton has more residents born outside the UK than 62% of UK towns, at 7.8%.
Below 67% of UK towns: 38% of residents said they have no religion
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 Brimpton · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.6%), Indian (1.8%) and African (1.2%).
Brimpton ranks below 97% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 23%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 6 people. 8% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 84% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 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%).
Every nearby town is younger than Brimpton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimpton | 332 | — | 52.2 | 26% | 22% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 2.8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 2.9 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 3.1 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 4.1 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 4.7 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Newbury | 42,262 | 5.5 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 5.5 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Brimpton’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 Brimpton’s residents
What is the population of Brimpton?
The 2021 Census counted 332 people in Brimpton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brimpton?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brimpton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brimpton?
38% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Brimpton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brimpton’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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