Photo: Dave Kelly · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.4: Black Bourton is older than 93% of UK towns
By its share of one-person households (21%), Black Bourton is below 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 271 residents in 114 households. The census found that just over three in five residents describe themselves as Christian in the village. At 56%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 91% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, a lower share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Black Bourton comes in at 28%. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Full-time students: 4.6%, a lower share than 59% 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Black Bourton has 8.2%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Black Bourton ranks below 92% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 21%
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 7%, Black Bourton is ahead of 98% of UK towns on that count. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. Households average 2.4 people.
Black Bourton sits below 93% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (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
3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). In Black Bourton, 50% of households live in a detached house. Every 13th household or so has no car or van. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3%) and in EU countries (2.2%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born outside the UK: 6.3% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns.
In Black Bourton, 31% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 92% 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: 94% of Black Bourton · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Black Bourton, 94%. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Arab (0.4%).
Only 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Black Bourton
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 5 residents. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 7.7% here, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Black Bourton, 42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Black Bourton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Bourton | 271 | — | 52.4 | 28% | 21% |
| Bampton | 2,994 | 1.9 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Carterton | 17,951 | 1.9 mi | 35.4 | 13% | 34% |
| Aston | 1,174 | 3.6 mi | 47.2 | 22% | 32% |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 4.3 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 4.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 2,208 | 5.2 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Burford | 1,522 | 5.3 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 16% |
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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 Black Bourton’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 Black Bourton’s residents
What is the population of Black Bourton?
The 2021 Census counted 271 people in Black Bourton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Black Bourton?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Black Bourton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Black Bourton?
31% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Black Bourton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Black Bourton’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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