Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0In Woodside, 2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 6.5% in Woodside. The village had 500 residents and 203 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.8. Locally, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 22% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 65% of UK towns, at 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 18% of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Woodside is 44.8, higher than in 52% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 7.2%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Woodside has 50% and 8.4%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 12%, more than in 92% of UK towns. For 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.
Larger households than 86% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 5.9% in Woodside and 4.3% across England’s towns. Locally, 30% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses: 67%, a higher share than 99% 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
With households in flats at 4.5%, Woodside is behind 85% of UK towns on that count. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Woodside: 17% of residents were born outside the UK, above 89% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, above three fifths of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (5%) and in EU countries (4%).
32% of residents said they have no religion, below 89% 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: 82% of Woodside · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. For Woodside, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 82%.
6.8% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 97% 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
In Woodside, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 52%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Woodside’s adults: 52% with a degree-level qualification and 6.5% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many of the 18% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Around Woodside, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside | 500 | — | 44.8 | 18% | 30% |
| Ascot | 24,003 | 2 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 31% |
| Winkfield Row | 1,756 | 2 mi | 45.7 | 14% | 35% |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 3.5 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 30% |
| Newell Green | 1,871 | 3.6 mi | 36.4 | 13% | 34% |
| Bracknell | 78,662 | 4.2 mi | 38 | 13% | 32% |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 4.4 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 28% |
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 4.5 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Woodside’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 Woodside’s residents
What is the population of Woodside?
The 2021 Census counted 500 people in Woodside’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woodside?
The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woodside?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 17% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woodside?
32% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 9.2% didn’t answer.
Is Woodside good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woodside’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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