Photo: Bryn Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of families: 41% of Hurley’s households have children
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 66% in Hurley. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns, at 6.2%. 1,317 residents in 481 households: that is Hurley at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Hurley’s people
A village of families
41% of Hurley’s 481 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A village people move to
18% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Half of Hurley’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 76% of UK towns.
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.
Hurley: 18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 98% 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 53% of Hurley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 13%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Hurley, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 17% of households
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.7%, Hurley is ahead of 67% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
49% of households live in a detached house, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Households in terraced houses: 12%, below 83% of UK towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Census figures put households in flats at 4.6% in Hurley.
Hurley sits above 71% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (9.2%)
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
98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in Africa (2%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 86% of UK towns: 56%
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: 92% of Hurley · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Pakistani (0.8%).
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
6.5% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 14.
Degree-level qualifications: 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Hurley, 51% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.3% have no qualification at all (18%).
Nearby, 6 of 7 towns have older populations than Hurley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley | 1,317 | — | 40.8 | 13% | 41% |
| Marlow | 14,641 | 2.6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 31% |
| Marlow Bottom | 3,339 | 3.3 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 33% |
| Cookham | 5,216 | 3.6 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Maidenhead | 67,391 | 3.8 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 33% |
| Wargrave | 2,896 | 3.9 mi | 48 | 25% | 30% |
| Lower Shiplake | 1,086 | 4.1 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 31% |
| Henley-on-Thames | 11,786 | 4.3 mi | 47 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Hurley’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 Hurley’s residents
What is the population of Hurley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,317 people in Hurley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hurley?
The median age was 40.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hurley?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hurley?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hurley good for families?
41% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hurley’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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