Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0In Chieveley, 42% of households have dependent children, more than in 99% of UK towns
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 2.7% of households have no car or van in Chieveley. 513 residents in 189 households: that is Chieveley at the 2021 Census. Locally, 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here, more than in 78% of UK towns.
Chieveley is older than 73% of UK towns: a median age of 47.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 20% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. At the same time, on residents aged 15 to 24, Chieveley sits higher than 82% of UK towns: 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 57% of Chieveley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 11%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Chieveley, the census puts full-time students at 7.7%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Chieveley ranks below 99% of UK towns on one-person households: 16%
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 in Chieveley hold 2.7 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 64% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Chieveley sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (75%)
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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 2.7% in Chieveley and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns: 99%
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 Africa (2.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 6.4%, more than in 51% of UK towns. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%, a higher share than 67% 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: 95% of Chieveley · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.4%). Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 38% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 69% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 13. 8.1% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 83% of UK towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 55%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Chieveley counts 55% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 7.5% have no qualification (18%). 16% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Every neighbour of Chieveley has a younger population
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 Chieveley’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 Chieveley’s residents
What is the population of Chieveley?
The 2021 Census counted 513 people in Chieveley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chieveley?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chieveley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chieveley?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.2% didn’t answer.
Is Chieveley good for families?
42% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chieveley’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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