Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 7% in Crowthorne, less than in 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Crowthorne has 52%. The town is home to 15,196 residents in 5,759 households, by the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners: 54% of the total. 84% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 81% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Crowthorne’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Crowthorne at 13,500 in 2011 and 16,000 in 2024, up 18%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 82% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
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.
+18% since 2011, a pace 82% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Crowthorne’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,500 people in 2011; 16,000 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2022 to mid-2023, up 440 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+43%) and the 0 to 15 least (+11%).
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of UK towns: 13%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Crowthorne, 21% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. With a median age of 43.6, Crowthorne is younger than 57% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Crowthorne, 43.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A student town: 8.9% of adults study full-time
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 half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 90% 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.
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Crowthorne has 31%. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.4 people. On shared households of unrelated adults, Crowthorne sits higher than 62% of UK towns: 2.6%.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 93% of UK towns: 8.3%
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 flats is 17% in Crowthorne and 23% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 83% of UK towns: 13% in Crowthorne
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
Residents whose main language is English: 96% here and 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
Crowthorne sits above 62% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (52%)
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: 84% of Crowthorne · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (6.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and Indian (2.4%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Fewer unpaid carers than 95% of UK towns: 7.2%
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. For 261 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%.
44% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 44% of adults in Crowthorne, 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification, against 18%. The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
From a median age of 39 in Owlsmoor & Broadmoor to 47 in Crowthorne North
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Crowthorne North is the oldest area, with 23% aged 65 or over; Owlsmoor & Broadmoor the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Owlsmoor & Broadmoor (35% of households).
161st lowest median age among 354 UK towns of 11,000 to 21,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Crowthorne in age: Killingworth (43.6), Scawthorpe and Cusworth (43.6), Tredegar (43.6) and Gomersal and Birkenshaw (43.7).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Crowthorne
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 Crowthorne’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. Crowthorne’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,757 people in 2021, against 15,196 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 Crowthorne’s residents
What is the population of Crowthorne?
The 2021 Census counted 15,196 people in Crowthorne’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 16,000 people in mid-2024, 18% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Crowthorne?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 57% of UK towns. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crowthorne?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crowthorne?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Crowthorne good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Owlsmoor & Broadmoor (35% of households). Schools are on Crowthorne’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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