Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Cranbourne is over 52.2
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Cranbourne has 19%. The village had 790 residents in 383 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 58% here. 4.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Fewer young people than 98% of UK towns: 7.2% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27%, against 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Below 88% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.5%, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 96% 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 make up 3.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The average household has 2.1 people. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Cranbourne ranks below 96% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 6.5%
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
By its share of households in detached houses (33%), Cranbourne is above 61% of UK towns. In one household in 15 there is no car or van. Households in flats are more common here than in 62% of UK towns.
Cranbourne: 15% 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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (97%), Cranbourne is below 58% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.4%).
Below 90% of UK towns: 32% 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: 82% of Cranbourne · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (8.1%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Indian (2%). For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 82% of UK towns: 82%.
Only 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Cranbourne
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
49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 20. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 10%, more than in just over two thirds of UK towns.
35% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Cranbourne (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 20% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Cranbourne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbourne | 790 | — | 52.2 | 27% | 19% |
| Winkfield Row | 1,756 | 2.3 mi | 45.7 | 14% | 35% |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 2.6 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 30% |
| Ascot | 24,003 | 3.1 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 31% |
| Newell Green | 1,871 | 3.7 mi | 36.4 | 13% | 34% |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 3.7 mi | 45.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Eton | 2,461 | 4 mi | 18.6 | 6.7% | 18% |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 4.2 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Cranbourne’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 Cranbourne’s residents
What is the population of Cranbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 790 people in Cranbourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cranbourne?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cranbourne?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cranbourne?
32% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Cranbourne good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cranbourne’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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