Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Fewer households without a car or van than in 83% of UK towns: 9.8%. Bampton had 2,994 residents and 1,286 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.6 (older than 58% of UK towns). The census found that 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership locally.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23% in Bampton, more than in 60% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.4% of residents. The median age in Bampton is 45.6, higher than in 58% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Goring, the oldest of Oxfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bampton, 45.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
A lower share of one-person households than 74% of UK towns, at 27%
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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Bampton, 26%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the town.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 55% of UK towns, at 31%
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 terraced houses at 23%, Bampton is ahead of 63% of UK towns on that count. On top of that, 5.1% of households live in a flat, less than in 83% of UK towns; 31% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Bampton, more than in 72% 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 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born outside the UK: 7.4% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns, at 55%
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: 94% of Bampton · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Bampton has 94%. In Bampton, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Bampton sits below 70% of UK towns for adults who have never married (30%)
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 63 residents. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.2% here, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
40% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Bampton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%).
203rd youngest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Bampton in age: Gobowen (45.6), Welham Green (45.6), Threemilestone (45.6) and Moira (45.7).
Bampton sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bampton | 2,994 | — | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Aston | 1,174 | 1.7 mi | 47.2 | 22% | 32% |
| Carterton | 17,951 | 3.1 mi | 35.4 | 13% | 34% |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 3.6 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 4.5 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Witney | 30,167 | 4.6 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Standlake | 1,185 | 5 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Faringdon | 8,625 | 5.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 30% |
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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 Bampton’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 Bampton’s residents
What is the population of Bampton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,994 people in Bampton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bampton?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bampton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bampton?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bampton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bampton’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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