Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats make up 20% in Pangbourne, more than in 84% of UK towns
By its share of married adults and civil partners (52%), Pangbourne is above 77% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,279 residents in 1,355 households. 87% of residents describe themselves as White British. On households with dependent children, Pangbourne sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 25%.
What the Census says about Pangbourne’s people
A town people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.3 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, Pangbourne outgrew 72% of UK towns: +13%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Pangbourne’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,000 people in 2011; 3,400 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2018: 110 more people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+46%) and the 30 to 44 least (−3%).
A young town: 11% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 23% of residents are 65 or over in Pangbourne. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age here is 45.5, higher than in 58% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pangbourne, 45.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 14%
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%.
There is little gap on full-time students: 7.3%, about the same as across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison 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.
Fewer one-person households than 70% of UK towns: 27%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Pangbourne, 2.3. On the census count, 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Pangbourne, 12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 70% 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
Here nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. For Pangbourne, the census puts households in detached houses at 32%. Every 8th household or so has no car or van.
More residents born abroad than 79% of UK towns: 12% in Pangbourne
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 97% in Pangbourne and 90% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.7%) and in Africa (2.4%).
Above 59% of UK towns: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 87% of Pangbourne · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.7%), Mixed or multiple (3.2%) and Chinese (0.8%). Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Asked about religion, 41% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 30% in Pangbourne, less than in 68% 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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 55. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 72% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Pangbourne counts 48% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 10% have no qualification (18%). Many of the 14% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 198th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Pangbourne in age: Pwllheli (45.4), East Goscote (45.5), Cliffe Woods (45.5) and Buckfastleigh (45.5).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Pangbourne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | — | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 2.6 mi | 47.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 3.3 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
| Woodcote | 2,198 | 3.3 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 29% |
| Goring | 3,434 | 3.5 mi | 52.2 | 33% | 25% |
| Caversham | 33,038 | 5.1 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
| Sonning Common | 5,264 | 5.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 29% |
| Reading | 203,789 | 5.2 mi | 35.7 | 13% | 31% |
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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 Pangbourne’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. Pangbourne’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,279 people in 2021, against 3,279 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 Pangbourne’s residents
What is the population of Pangbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 3,279 people in Pangbourne’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,400 people in mid-2024, 13% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Pangbourne?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pangbourne?
87% 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 Pangbourne?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pangbourne good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pangbourne’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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