Burghclere Common sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (3.6%)
Detached houses are home to 72% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Nearly a third of residents said they have no religion. At 8.1%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 92% of UK towns. Burghclere Common is home to 658 residents in 253 households, by the 2021 Census.
Older than 77% of UK towns: half of Burghclere Common is over 48.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Burghclere Common, 25% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 88% of UK towns: 3.9%
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 Burghclere Common, 53% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.7% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Burghclere Common
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Burghclere Common the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across Burghclere Common, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. On shared households of unrelated adults, Burghclere Common sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 3.2%. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 5.2%
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
Flats are home to 4% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns: 12%
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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%). Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%, a higher share than 83% 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: 89% of Burghclere Common · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 89% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Chinese (2.3%).
Burghclere Common ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 64%
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
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 21% in Burghclere Common. Add to that, at 6.2%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 99% of UK towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 11.
Among adults, 48% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
48% of Burghclere Common’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.1% have none (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Burghclere Common, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghclere Common | 658 | — | 48.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Newbury | 42,262 | 2.1 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Woolton Hill and Highclere | 2,755 | 2.4 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 33% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 3.8 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 4.5 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 5.1 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 5.6 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Kintbury | 2,054 | 5.7 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hampshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hampshire (or England), summed the same way as Burghclere Common’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 Burghclere Common’s residents
What is the population of Burghclere Common?
The 2021 Census counted 658 people in Burghclere Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burghclere Common?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burghclere Common?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burghclere Common?
32% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Burghclere Common good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burghclere Common’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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