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42.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

26% said they have no religion, fewer than in 97% of UK towns

In Datchet the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Locally, a fifth of households live in a flat or apartment. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 9.8%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. There were 1,927 households in the town at the 2021 Census, home to 4,807 residents.

+9%people since 2011 18%aged 65 or over 22%born abroad 1,927households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Datchet’s people

41%of residents describe an ethnic group other than White British; England’s towns 27%

A mix of backgrounds

41% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 96% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Indian (14%), Other White (12%) and Mixed or multiple (3.8%). Ethnicity & religion ↓

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.

Population since 2011

A +9% change since 2011: faster than 55% of UK towns

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Datchet’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

DatchetEnglandAll of Berkshire

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

DatchetEngland

0 to 15+1%

16 to 29+11%

30 to 44−8%

45 to 64+17%

65 and over+30%

About 4,900 people in 2011; 5,400 in 2024.

Mid-2022 to mid-2023 brought the biggest yearly rise, 110 people. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+30%) and 30 to 44 least (−8%).

Ages

Half of Datchet is under 42.6, younger than 65% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

DatchetEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.2% of residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 76% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Datchet has 9.4%.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Datchet, 42.6. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 249.4%

25 to 4427%

45 to 6428%

65 and over18%

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Datchet

England

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Datchet ranks above 64% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9.4%

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

Full-time students4.9%

Higher managerial and professional21%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical4.4%

Semi-routine7.5%

Routine7.4%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7.1%

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Datchet

9.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

448

residents, 9.4%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.2× England’s share

4.9% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

A higher share of shared households of unrelated adults than 90% of UK towns, at 3.7%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 11%Living alone, under 66 17%Families with dependent children 29%Couples and families, no young children 39%Shared houses and other 3.7%

Against Berkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Datchet

Berkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people32%

3 people17%

4 people15%

5 or more7.3%

England’s towns.

Households with dependent children make up 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%. One-person households are rarer here than in 62% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

16% of households live in a terraced house, below 66% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Datchet

Berkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.8%

One42%

Two36%

Three or more13%

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Compared with 21% across England’s towns, a third of households live in a detached house here. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

22% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Datchet

22%

Berkshire’s towns

25%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

DatchetEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language90%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well8.8%

Another main language, little or no English1.1%

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents whose main language is English are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 90%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (8.2%) and in EU countries (7.7%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Below 96% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as White British

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

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White12%

Asian21%

Mixed3.8%

Black1.2%

Other3.3%

0%12%24%

White British, not charted: 59% of Datchet · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion26%

Christian47%

Muslim5.9%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist15%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5.5%

0%30%60%

5.9% of residents are Muslim. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in just over two thirds of UK towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Datchet: 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 65% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership33%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated2%

Divorced8.7%

Widowed5.9%

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

358residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours1.2%

50 hours or more2.4%

33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Unpaid carers: 7.9% of the total. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Among adults, 45% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship4.3%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level45%

DatchetBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Datchet’s adults: 45% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 155th youngest of 695 UK towns this size

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Datchet 42.6

BailriggSutton on Sea and TrusthorpeLeonard Stanley and King's Stanley

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At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Datchet in age: Steeton (42.6), Yarnton (42.6), Long Ashton (42.6) and Rhymney (42.6).

Neighbours

Datchet and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

EtonOld Windsor and WraysburyColnbrookSloughPoyleWindsorEton WickDatchet

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Datchet	4,807	—	42.6	18%	29%
Eton	2,461	1.7 mi	18.6	6.7%	18%
Old Windsor and Wraysbury	7,689	1.8 mi	47.3	23%	28%
Colnbrook	1,898	2 mi	36.5	7.7%	34%
Slough	166,868	2.5 mi	35.3	10%	43%
Poyle	1,736	2.6 mi	37.3	11%	35%
Windsor	31,569	2.7 mi	41.5	17%	30%
Eton Wick	2,121	3 mi	45.1	19%	28%

More about Datchet’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute A⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living COwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools AEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Datchet’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. Datchet’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,139 people in 2021, against 4,807 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 Datchet’s residents

What is the population of Datchet?

The 2021 Census counted 4,807 people in Datchet’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,400 people in mid-2024, 9% more than in 2011.

What is the average age in Datchet?

The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Datchet?

59% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 22% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Datchet?

26% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 5.9% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.

Is Datchet good for families?

29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Datchet’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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