Photo: Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of UK towns: 8.7%
Adults who have never married make up 29%, against 39% across England’s towns. Woolhampton’s 369 households held 916 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On households in flats, Woolhampton sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 16%.
Older than 69% of UK towns: half of Woolhampton is over 47.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over (England’s towns: 18%). The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 69% of UK towns: 4.4%
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 Woolhampton, 47% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The village has more residents who moved in within the year than 85% of UK towns, at 11%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 60% of UK towns, at 26%
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 average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. One-person households: 31% of the total.
Woolhampton sits below 61% of UK towns for households without a car or van (13%)
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
Households in terraced houses make up 23%, against 24% across England’s towns. Still, 16% of households live in a flat, more than in 73% of UK towns; 29% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns: 11%
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
99% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in Africa (2.7%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 68% of UK towns: 89%
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: 89% of Woolhampton · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (6.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (0.8%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 39%, fewer than in 63% of UK towns.
Woolhampton: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 76% 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
For 25 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 79% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
41% 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, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Woolhampton, 41%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
Around Woolhampton, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolhampton | 916 | — | 47.1 | 24% | 26% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 2.3 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 3.5 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 3.6 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 4.5 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 4.8 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 4.9 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Theale | 3,053 | 4.9 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 25% |
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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 Woolhampton’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 Woolhampton’s residents
What is the population of Woolhampton?
The 2021 Census counted 916 people in Woolhampton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woolhampton?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woolhampton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woolhampton?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Woolhampton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woolhampton’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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