Photo: Colin Bates · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bix is over 52.7, older than 93% of UK towns
With households in terraced houses at 0.8%, Bix is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. 277 residents in 119 households: that is Bix at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 20% of households are one person living alone. More married adults and civil partners than in 95% of UK towns: 58%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 86% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Bix, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Bix has 43% and 16%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
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 Bix, 24%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Bix ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.8%
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 detached houses: 52%, above 91% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. One household in every 17 has no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%) or in EU countries (1.8%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 73% of UK towns: 53%
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: 93% of Bix · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in Bix and 73% across England’s towns. Lower than in 61% of UK towns: 39% of residents said they have no religion. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Indian (0.4%).
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 93% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 5 people. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.5%, from the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 45%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
45% of Bix’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Bix has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bix | 277 | — | 52.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Henley-on-Thames | 11,786 | 2.7 mi | 47 | 24% | 25% |
| Sonning Common | 5,264 | 3.4 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 29% |
| Lower Shiplake | 1,086 | 4.5 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 31% |
| Wargrave | 2,896 | 5.7 mi | 48 | 25% | 30% |
| Woodcote | 2,198 | 5.8 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 29% |
| Hurley | 1,317 | 6 mi | 40.8 | 13% | 41% |
| Caversham | 33,038 | 6.2 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Bix’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 Bix’s residents
What is the population of Bix?
The 2021 Census counted 277 people in Bix’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bix?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bix?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bix?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bix good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bix’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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