Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Paley Street ranks above 98% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 40%
Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 133 residents and 50 households in Paley Street. 15% of residents are 65 or over. The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of UK towns: 8.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Paley Street’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 66% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Wargrave, the oldest of Berkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 95% of UK towns: 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
By class, 49% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 4.7% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). In Paley Street, 8.4% of adults are full-time students. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 20%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Paley Street sits below 99% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (2%)
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Paley Street has 6.1%. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Households in detached houses: 63% of the total.
Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 76% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (3%) and in EU countries (2.3%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. On residents whose main language is English, Paley Street sits higher than two thirds of UK towns: 98%.
83% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 82% 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: 83% of Paley Street · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 54%, Paley Street is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Residents with no religion: 35% of the total.
Paley Street ranks below 99% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 4%
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
Here 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. By way of comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 29%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Paley Street compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%). For 17%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Around Paley Street, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paley Street | 133 | — | 42.5 | 15% | 40% |
| Newell Green | 1,871 | 2.9 mi | 36.4 | 13% | 34% |
| Maidenhead | 67,391 | 3.2 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 33% |
| Winkfield Row | 1,756 | 3.5 mi | 45.7 | 14% | 35% |
| Binfield | 4,851 | 3.8 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 33% |
| Bracknell | 78,662 | 4.7 mi | 38 | 13% | 32% |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 4.7 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 30% |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 4.7 mi | 45.1 | 19% | 28% |
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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 Paley Street’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 Paley Street’s residents
What is the population of Paley Street?
The 2021 Census counted 133 people in Paley Street’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Paley Street?
The median age was 42.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Paley Street?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Paley Street?
35% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Paley Street good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Paley Street’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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