Photo: Fluffball · CC BY 3.038% of households have dependent children, more than in 97% of UK towns
In Winnersh the average household is 2.7 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 8,904, in 3,340 households. For Winnersh, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 65%. With a median age of 39.1, Winnersh is younger than 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Winnersh’s people
A town of families
38% of Winnersh’s 3,340 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More born abroad than most towns
22% 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 the Middle East and Asia (11%) and in EU countries (4.4%). Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns: 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 40–44: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Winnersh, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Winnersh, 39.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 72% of UK towns: 5.4%
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%.
In Winnersh, 48% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 11% locally.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Winnersh
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 91% of UK towns: 8.1% 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
In Winnersh, 19% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 44%. Every 12th household or so has no car or van.
Winnersh: 22% of residents were born outside the UK, above 95% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 18% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Here, 92% of residents have English as their main language.
Winnersh ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 39%
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: 65% of Winnersh · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Indian (12%), Other White (6.3%) and Pakistani (3.9%). Winnersh has fewer residents with no religion than 79% of UK towns, at 36%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 89% 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
The share of adults who have never married is 30%, against 39% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 7.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of Winnersh’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
Among 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, the 48th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Winnersh in age: Sherburn in Elmet (39.1), Shirebrook (39.1), Allerton Bywater (39.2) and Edenbridge (39.2).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Winnersh are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Winnersh’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 Winnersh’s residents
What is the population of Winnersh?
The 2021 Census counted 8,904 people in Winnersh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winnersh?
The median age was 39.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 85% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winnersh?
65% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 22% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winnersh?
36% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 6.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Winnersh good for families?
38% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winnersh’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.