Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 16%
By its share of households in detached houses (62%), Upper Lambourn is above 97% of UK towns. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 5.3%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. The village had 415 residents and 184 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.1. In Upper Lambourn, 4.5% of residents give unpaid care.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as across England’s towns: 18%. Half of Upper Lambourn’s residents are over 45.1, older than in 54% of UK towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Upper Lambourn: 5.8% of adults are full-time students, above 81% 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%.
35% of Upper Lambourn’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Upper Lambourn, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 11%. The wider picture: 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.
Above 98% of UK towns: 8.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. 32% of households are one person living alone. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.4%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Upper Lambourn comes in at 13%. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
14% of residents were born outside the UK, 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 (7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). 96% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 72% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Upper Lambourn ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 25%
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: 88% of Upper Lambourn · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (9.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (1%). To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 97% of UK towns. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 88% of residents describe themselves as White British in Upper Lambourn.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 68% of UK towns, at 51%
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
Adults who have never married make up 37%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
33% of adults have qualifications at degree level
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 Lambourn, 13%, while 33% hold one at degree level (34%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Upper Lambourn
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 Lambourn | 415 | — | 45.1 | 18% | 16% |
| Lambourn | 3,141 | 1.3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 4.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 5.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| East Challow | 1,031 | 6.3 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 36% |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 6.7 mi | 48 | 19% | 30% |
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 5,353 | 7 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Wantage | 13,100 | 7.1 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 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 Upper Lambourn’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 Lambourn’s residents
What is the population of Upper Lambourn?
The 2021 Census counted 415 people in Upper Lambourn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Lambourn?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Lambourn?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Lambourn?
25% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Lambourn good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Lambourn’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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