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47.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 2.2%

Detached houses are home to 55% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Upper Basildon counted 1,074 residents and 416 households at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners: 64% of the total. 32% of households have dependent children, more than in 84% of UK towns.

20%aged 65 or over 12%born abroad 416households

Ages

Upper Basildon is older than 69% of UK towns: a median age of 47.1

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

Upper BasildonEngland’s towns

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

Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 249.3%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6433%

65 and over20%

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Upper Basildon

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Above 62% of UK towns: 9.3% 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

Full-time students4.8%

Higher managerial and professional30%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate8.7%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical2.6%

Semi-routine6.8%

Routine5.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.3%

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Upper Basildon

9.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.3%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Upper Basildon, 53% and 12%. In Upper Basildon, 4.8% of adults are full-time students. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

A lower share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns, at 17%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 9.4%Living alone, under 66 7.5%Families with dependent children 32%Couples and families, no young children 49%Shared houses and other 1.9%

Against Berkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Upper Basildon

Berkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person16%

2 people38%

3 people22%

4 people18%

5 or more5.1%

England’s towns.

Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Households here average 2.6 people each. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%.

Homes & cars

Households in flats make up 1.5% in Upper Basildon, less than in 98% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Upper Basildon

Berkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van2.2%

One24%

Two44%

Three or more29%

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Here 9% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.

Where people were born

More residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns: 12%

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%

Upper Basildon

12%

Berkshire’s towns

25%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

Upper BasildonEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.2%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The largest groups were born in EU countries (4.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in just over half of UK towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 5.2%.

Ethnicity & religion

Upper Basildon sits below 72% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (88%)

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

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6.3%

Asian1.2%

Mixed2.8%

Black1.2%

Other0.8%

0%11%22%

White British, not charted: 88% of Upper Basildon · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion40%

Christian52%

Muslim0.8%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.9%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer5.7%

0%30%60%

37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 40% in Upper Basildon. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 52%.

Relationships & caring

23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, 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

Never married or in a civil partnership23%

Married or civil partnership64%

Separated0.9%

Divorced7.8%

Widowed4.3%

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

85residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.5%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more1.5%

Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 15. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Fewer unpaid carers than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 8.4%.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 52%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.3%

Apprenticeship3.3%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level52%

Upper BasildonBerkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications cover 52% of adults in Upper Basildon, 34% across England’s towns; 9.3% have no qualification, against 18%.

Neighbours

Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Upper Basildon are older

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

PangbourneGoringWoodcoteThealeComptonHermitageCholseyUpper Basildon

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Upper Basildon	1,074	—	47.1	20%	32%
Pangbourne	3,279	2.6 mi	45.5	23%	25%
Goring	3,434	2.7 mi	52.2	33%	25%
Woodcote	2,198	4.3 mi	48.6	24%	29%
Theale	3,053	4.6 mi	42.3	18%	25%
Compton	1,789	4.9 mi	41.2	15%	40%
Hermitage	2,224	5.7 mi	38.9	14%	44%
Cholsey	3,776	5.9 mi	41.4	18%	34%

More about Upper Basildon’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

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How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“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 Upper Basildon’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 Upper Basildon’s residents

What is the population of Upper Basildon?

The 2021 Census counted 1,074 people in Upper Basildon’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Upper Basildon?

The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Upper Basildon?

88% 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 Upper Basildon?

40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.

Is Upper Basildon good for families?

32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Basildon’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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