Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Finchampstead is over 52.1, older than 92% of UK towns
The figure for households in terraced houses is 0.8% in Finchampstead and 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 87% of households live in a detached house. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 299, in 121 households. Across Finchampstead, 17% of households are one person living alone.
Finchampstead sits above 66% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 7.2%
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%.
For Finchampstead, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.7%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.8%, a lower share than 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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Locally, 24% of households have dependent children. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.1%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Finchampstead comes in at 0.8%. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Finchampstead sits above 75% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (10%)
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (3%) and in EU countries (2.7%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Finchampstead has fewer residents whose main language is English than 52% of UK towns, at 98%.
In Finchampstead, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 90% 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: 89% of Finchampstead · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Finchampstead, just over a third of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 89% here.
68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Finchampstead comes in at 22%. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Across Finchampstead, 7.8% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 56%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 56% of its adults qualified to degree level, Finchampstead compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 6.8% hold no qualification (18%). A levels are as far as 15% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Finchampstead is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finchampstead | 299 | — | 52.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Yateley | 14,676 | 2.1 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Arborfield Garrison | 4,311 | 2.3 mi | 32.7 | 5.9% | 44% |
| Crowthorne | 15,196 | 2.8 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 31% |
| Wokingham | 50,320 | 3.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Sandhurst | 20,220 | 3.3 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 3.4 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Minley | 1,041 | 3.5 mi | 22.3 | 3.9% | 21% |
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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 Finchampstead’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 Finchampstead’s residents
What is the population of Finchampstead?
The 2021 Census counted 299 people in Finchampstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Finchampstead?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Finchampstead?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Finchampstead?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Finchampstead good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Finchampstead’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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