Photo: Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Chapel Row is over 52.5
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 59% in Chapel Row. At 5.9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 621 residents and 256 households here. Locally, 7.8% of households live in a terraced house.
29% of Chapel Row is 65 or over, a higher share than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.6% in Chapel Row.
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.
Only 3.1% of adults are full-time students in Chapel Row
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Chapel Row has 47% and 13%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Chapel Row, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.6%.
Fewer one-person households than 87% of UK towns: 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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Chapel Row has fewer households with dependent children than 75% of UK towns, at 25%. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.3%.
4.3% of households have no car or van, below 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in Chapel Row. On average, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 66% of UK towns: 8.4%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (3.1%) and in EU countries (2.6%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 61% of UK towns: 98%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in Chapel Row, more than in 90% 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: 94% of Chapel Row · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.3%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 61%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
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
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Chapel Row, 46% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Chapel Row 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Row | 621 | — | 52.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 3.7 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 4.4 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
| Hermitage | 2,224 | 4.5 mi | 38.9 | 14% | 44% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 4.9 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| 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 Chapel Row’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 Chapel Row’s residents
What is the population of Chapel Row?
The 2021 Census counted 621 people in Chapel Row’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chapel Row?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chapel Row?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chapel Row?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chapel Row good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chapel Row’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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