Photo: Ray Stanton · CC BY-SA 2.0Poyle is younger than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 37.3
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 7.2% of households live in a detached house here. The share of residents with no religion stands at 16%. Few places have as many households in flats: 30% here, more than in 95% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,736 residents in Poyle, living in 667 households.
What the Census says about Poyle’s people
More born abroad than most towns
43% 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 EU countries (18%) and in the Middle East and Asia (17%). Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
69% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 99% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Indian (26%), Other White (20%) and Pakistani (7.1%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A village of families
35% of Poyle’s 667 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Poyle’s residents are under 37.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 8.3% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 97% of UK towns: 11% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Poyle. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.6% of adults are full-time students, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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 residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Families with children: 35% of households, more than in 94% 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.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. For Poyle, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 6.2%. Lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 28% of households are one person living alone.
17% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 61% 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
14% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 43%, a higher share than 99% 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 50%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (18%) and in the Middle East and Asia (17%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 72% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Of residents born abroad, 15% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
31% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 99% 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: 31% of Poyle · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 42%, below 89% of UK towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Islam is the religion of 11% of residents.
In Poyle, 6.3% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 98% 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
25 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 67% of UK towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%. Married adults and civil partners: 48% here and 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Poyle counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Poyle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poyle | 1,736 | — | 37.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 0.6 mi | 36.5 | 7.7% | 34% |
| Stanwell Moor | 1,431 | 1.4 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 32% |
| Richings Park | 1,787 | 1.8 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 36% |
| Stanwell | 11,728 | 2.5 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 36% |
| Datchet | 4,807 | 2.6 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 29% |
| Iver | 3,267 | 2.7 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 30% |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 3 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 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 Poyle’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 Poyle’s residents
What is the population of Poyle?
The 2021 Census counted 1,736 people in Poyle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Poyle?
The median age was 37.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Poyle?
31% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 43% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Poyle?
16% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 11% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Poyle good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Poyle’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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