Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer car-free households than 97% of UK towns: 6.1%
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. For Appleton, the census puts households in detached houses at 51%. Fewer adults who have never married than in 89% of UK towns: 26%. Census day 2021: 950 residents and 384 households here.
Appleton is older than 76% of UK towns: a median age of 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Appleton, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 63% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Appleton, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 90% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 53% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 14% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 5% of adults are full-time students in Appleton.
Bigger households than 90% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Oxfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.9%), Appleton is above 72% of UK towns. Locally, 27% of households have dependent children.
Only 2.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Appleton
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Appleton comes in at 14%. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 64% of UK towns: 8% in Appleton
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
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.3%) and in EU countries (2.2%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 98% here, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 76% 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: 90% of Appleton · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Appleton has 90%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Pakistani (0.5%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 60%
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 6.5% in Appleton. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 15.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
8.5% of Appleton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 54% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Appleton, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton | 950 | — | 48.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Wootton (Vale of White Horse) | 2,428 | 2.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 28% |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 2.6 mi | 42.8 | 17% | 36% |
| Marcham | 2,030 | 2.9 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
| Standlake | 1,185 | 3 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Shippon | 1,894 | 3.1 mi | 29.1 | 8.9% | 54% |
| Kingston Bagpuize | 3,905 | 3.1 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 34% |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 33,179 | 4.2 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Oxfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Oxfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Appleton’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 Appleton’s residents
What is the population of Appleton?
The 2021 Census counted 950 people in Appleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Appleton?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Appleton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Appleton?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Appleton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Appleton’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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