Photo: Oscar Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.4: Lower Green is older than 97% of UK towns
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 67% in Lower Green and 44% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Lower Green was home to 287 people in 123 households. Here, just over four in five households live in a detached house. 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Lower Green ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
2.8% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 10%, against 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 20% of households have dependent children
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.1%, from the figure across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. In Lower Green, 15% of households are one person living alone.
Lower Green sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (4%)
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
Lower Green ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, one in ten residents were born outside the UK here. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents with no religion make up 31% in Lower Green, less than in 92% 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: 95% of Lower Green · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Lower Green. Higher than in 91% of UK towns: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.4%).
Only 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Lower Green
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 8.7% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care here. 5 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
49% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 49% of adults in Lower Green (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 8.6% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Lower Green are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Green | 287 | — | 55.4 | 28% | 20% |
| Kintbury | 2,054 | 2.1 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Hungerford | 5,184 | 2.7 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Woolton Hill and Highclere | 2,755 | 4.9 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 33% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 4.9 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 6.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Newbury | 42,262 | 7.1 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Burbage | 1,322 | 8.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 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 Lower Green’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 Lower Green’s residents
What is the population of Lower Green?
The 2021 Census counted 287 people in Lower Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Green?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Green?
95% 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 Lower Green?
31% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Green good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Green’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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