Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Lower Padworth is under 36.1, younger than 94% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children is 33%, against 29% across England’s towns. 528 residents in 213 households: that is Lower Padworth at the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 42% here, fewer than in 89% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns: 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Lower Padworth, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Lower Padworth ranks below 79% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.1%
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 43% of Lower Padworth’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 20%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Lower Padworth households average 2.5 people, larger than in 86% 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.
5.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%.
8.4% of households have no car or van, below 90% of UK towns
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 flats: 24% here and 23% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. One household in every 12 has no car or van.
12% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 81% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents whose main language is English is 96%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (6.4%) or in Africa (2.7%).
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 86% of UK towns: 79%
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: 79% of Lower Padworth · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
2.3% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 45% of residents said they have no religion. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Lower Padworth: 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 67% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 7.7%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. For Lower Padworth, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 46%.
34% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Lower Padworth, 11%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is older than Lower Padworth
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 Padworth | 528 | — | 36.1 | 14% | 33% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 2.8 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 3 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 3.3 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 3.7 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 4.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | 5.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 5.6 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Padworth’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 Padworth’s residents
What is the population of Lower Padworth?
The 2021 Census counted 528 people in Lower Padworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Padworth?
The median age was 36.1 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Padworth?
79% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Padworth?
45% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.3% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Padworth good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Padworth’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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