Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 64% in Maidenhead, less than in 95% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children is 33%, against 29% across England’s towns. 67,391 residents in 26,621 households: that is Maidenhead at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in flats at 26% in the town. More married adults and civil partners than in three quarters of UK towns: 52%.
What the Census says about Maidenhead’s people
More born abroad than most towns
24% of residents were born outside the UK, against 25% across Berkshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (9.3%) and in EU countries (8.2%). Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
36% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 95% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (11%), Indian (7.9%) and Pakistani (6.9%). 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.
From 2011 to 2024, Maidenhead outgrew 70% of UK towns: +13%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Maidenhead’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 62,800 people in 2011; 70,900 in 2024.
No year added more people than mid-2022 to mid-2023: 1,420. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+22%) and the 16 to 29 least (+4%).
Younger than 76% of UK towns: half of Maidenhead is under 40.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 40–44: 7.9% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. In Wargrave, the oldest of Berkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Maidenhead, 40.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Maidenhead: 5.4% of adults are full-time students, above 71% 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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 10%, Maidenhead is ahead of 75% of UK towns on that count. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 90% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Maidenhead sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. One-person households account for 26%.
Below 68% of UK towns: 16% of households live in a terraced house
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
Detached houses are home to 31% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Locally, 14% of households have no car or van.
In Maidenhead, 24% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 95% of UK towns
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, nearly nine in ten residents have English as their main language here. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (9.3%) and in EU countries (8.2%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 92% of UK towns, at 31%
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: 64% of Maidenhead · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian are about as common here as across England’s towns: 46%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (11%), Indian (7.9%) and Pakistani (6.9%).
Unpaid carers make up 7.4% in Maidenhead, less than in 93% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 1,224. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Maidenhead comes in at 32%.
Qualified to degree level: 45% of adults
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 Maidenhead, 13%, while 45% hold one at degree level (34%).
From a median age of 36 in Maidenhead Central to 46 in Bray Wick & Holyport
The town’s 9 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Bray Wick & Holyport is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; Maidenhead Central the youngest (median age 36). Families with children are most common in Furze Platt (38% of households).
52nd highest median age among 110 UK towns of 47,000 to 91,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 27.5 in Canterbury to 51.7 in Christchurch. Nearest to Maidenhead in age: Barry (40.7), Tamworth (40.8), Ellesmere Port (40.9) and Hereford (40.9).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Maidenhead are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidenhead | 67,391 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 33% |
| Cookham | 5,216 | 2.5 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Hurley | 1,317 | 3.8 mi | 40.8 | 13% | 41% |
| Bourne End | 7,166 | 4.1 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 27% |
| Marlow | 14,641 | 4.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 31% |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 4.4 mi | 45.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 5.2 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 30% |
| Marlow Bottom | 3,339 | 5.3 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 33% |
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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 Maidenhead’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. Maidenhead’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 67,596 people in 2021, against 67,391 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 Maidenhead’s residents
What is the population of Maidenhead?
The 2021 Census counted 67,391 people in Maidenhead’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 70,900 people in mid-2024, 13% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Maidenhead?
The median age was 40.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Maidenhead?
64% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 24% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Maidenhead?
31% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 8.7% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Maidenhead good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Furze Platt (38% of households). Schools are on Maidenhead’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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