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50.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

1.7% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns

Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Peasemore, 16%. Here, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. With a median age of 50.6, Peasemore is older than 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Peasemore was home to 300 people in 120 households.

20%aged 65 or over 6.3%born abroad 120households

Ages

Peasemore: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 85% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

PeasemoreEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Peasemore is behind 61% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6440%

65 and over20%

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Peasemore

England

WomenMen

About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 90% of UK towns: 6.7%

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

Full-time students5.8%

Higher managerial and professional20%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical5.8%

Semi-routine11%

Routine4.3%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.9%

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Peasemore

6.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Here 5.8% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

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.

Living alone, 66+ 5.8%Living alone, under 66 10%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 53%Shared houses and other 4.2%

Against Berkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Peasemore

Berkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person16%

2 people46%

3 people18%

4 people16%

5 or more5%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. 27% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

More detached houses than 96% of UK towns: 60% of households

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Peasemore

Berkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van1.7%

One25%

Two43%

Three or more30%

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in terraced houses: 11%, below 87% of UK towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Peasemore: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 87% 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%

Peasemore

6.3%

Berkshire’s towns

25%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1%

Another main language, little or no English0%

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.3%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.3% in Peasemore and 18% across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 82% of UK towns: 55%

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

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3%

Asian0%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0.7%

0%11%22%

White British, not charted: 96% of Peasemore · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion38%

Christian55%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer5.3%

0%35%70%

On religion, 38% answered “no religion” and 55% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership24%

Married or civil partnership64%

Separated0.8%

Divorced5.9%

Widowed5.5%

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

25residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.5%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours1%

50 hours or more2%

6 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Peasemore has fewer adults who have never married than 96% of UK towns, at 24%. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.5%.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 45% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications10%

Apprenticeship3.1%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level45%

PeasemoreBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

45% of Peasemore’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have none (18%).

Neighbours

Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Peasemore

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

HermitageComptonCold AshChiltonNewburyBlewburyEast HendredPeasemore

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Peasemore	300	—	50.6	20%	27%
Hermitage	2,224	4.2 mi	38.9	14%	44%
Compton	1,789	4.2 mi	41.2	15%	40%
Cold Ash	2,267	5.4 mi	39.2	18%	31%
Chilton	1,378	5.6 mi	37	13%	42%
Newbury	42,262	6.7 mi	40.6	18%	28%
Blewbury	1,708	7 mi	52.1	30%	23%
East Hendred	1,367	7.2 mi	44.8	20%	32%

More about Peasemore’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Peasemore’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 Peasemore’s residents

What is the population of Peasemore?

The 2021 Census counted 300 people in Peasemore’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Peasemore?

The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Peasemore?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Peasemore?

38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.

Is Peasemore good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Peasemore’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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