Photo: Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns, at 62%
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Upper Bucklebury comes in at 58%. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. There were 409 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 1,036 residents. For Upper Bucklebury, the census puts one-person households at 22%.
Upper Bucklebury is older than 72% of UK towns: a median age of 47.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Upper Bucklebury has 10%. On top of that, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in two thirds of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.5% in Upper Bucklebury, less than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 5.1% of adults are full-time students in Upper Bucklebury. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More family households than 85% of UK towns: 32% in Upper Bucklebury
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Households here average 2.6 people each. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 7.1% of households have no car or van
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 5.9% in Upper Bucklebury. Typically, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 84% 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (2.5%). Nearly one in ten residents were born outside the UK, more than in 64% of UK towns. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 89% of UK towns: 57% 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: 91% of Upper Bucklebury · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across Upper Bucklebury, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 86% of UK towns, at 27%
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
29 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 8.8%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Upper Bucklebury, 11%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%).
Around Upper Bucklebury, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | — | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 1.8 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 2.2 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Hermitage | 2,224 | 3.3 mi | 38.9 | 14% | 44% |
| Newbury | 42,262 | 4.5 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 5.5 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 6 mi | 47.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 6.2 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
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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 Upper Bucklebury’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 Bucklebury’s residents
What is the population of Upper Bucklebury?
The 2021 Census counted 1,036 people in Upper Bucklebury’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Bucklebury?
The median age was 47.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Bucklebury?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Bucklebury?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Bucklebury good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Bucklebury’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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