Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.041% of households have dependent children, more than in 98% of UK towns
Married adults and civil partners: 62% here and 44% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. Charvil counted 3,158 residents and 1,140 households at the 2021 Census. 5% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Charvil’s people
A town of families
41% of Charvil’s 1,140 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Charvil changed by +4% from 2011 to 2024, behind 68% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Charvil’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,000 people in 2011; 3,200 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2020 to mid-2021, up 50 people. The 65 and over age group moved most (+39%); the 30 to 44 group moved least (−22%).
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Charvil comes in at 17%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in the town is 44.2, lower than in 52% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Charvil, 44.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.6% in Charvil, less than in 75% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 51% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On full-time students, Charvil sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 7.2%. Set beside that, just over one in ten 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.
In Charvil, 15% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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.
In Charvil the average household is 2.7 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.6% in the town.
Only 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Charvil
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
Terraced houses are home to 13% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Charvil: 12% of residents born outside the UK
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
96% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.8%) and in EU countries (3.2%).
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 81% of UK towns: 83%
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: 83% of Charvil · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns: 37%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Muslims make up 2% of residents. Charvil has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 53% of UK towns, at 50%.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 91% 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
Unpaid carers: 7.7%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. For 54 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 49%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 49% of adults in Charvil, 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification, against 18%. A levels top the qualifications of 15%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
147th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Charvil in age: Alvechurch (44.2), Bar Hill (44.2), Tonna (44.3) and Healing (44.4).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Charvil
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Charvil’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Charvil’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,158 people in 2021, against 3,158 in the built-up area.
- 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 Charvil’s residents
What is the population of Charvil?
The 2021 Census counted 3,158 people in Charvil’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,200 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Charvil?
The median age was 44.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 52% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Charvil?
83% 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 Charvil?
37% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Charvil good for families?
41% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Charvil’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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