Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.4%
One-person households make up 21%, against 30% across England’s towns. For Burghclere, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 55%. With a median age of 49, Burghclere is older than 80% of UK towns. The village is home to 596 residents in 238 households, by the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 68% of UK towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 4.2%, a lower share than 76% 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%.
In Burghclere, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier locally.
2.5 people per household, more than in 84% of UK towns
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.
Households with dependent children make up 24%, against 29% across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.6% in Burghclere.
49% of households live in a detached house, more than in 89% 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
4.6% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 87% of UK towns: 11%. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 71% of UK towns, at 9.2%
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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 96% of residents have English as their main language in Burghclere. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%).
Above 72% of UK towns: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 91% of Burghclere · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.9%), Indian (1.3%) and Pakistani (0.7%). At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 71% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British here.
Burghclere sits below 84% of UK towns for adults who have never married (27%)
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
Some 16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 8.6%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 71% of UK towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Burghclere’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Burghclere
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 | 596 | — | 49 | 24% | 24% |
| Woolton Hill and Highclere | 2,755 | 2.1 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 33% |
| Newbury | 42,262 | 3.5 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 4 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 5 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Kintbury | 2,054 | 6.1 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Cold Ash | 2,267 | 6.4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 6.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
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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’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’s residents
What is the population of Burghclere?
The 2021 Census counted 596 people in Burghclere’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burghclere?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burghclere?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burghclere?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Burghclere good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burghclere’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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