Photo: Gyrospite at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds with dependent children make up 34% in Bloxham, more than in 92% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Bloxham, 24%. Its 1,442 households held 3,681 residents at the 2021 Census. For Bloxham, the census puts households without a car or van at 6.7%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 45% here, more than in 84% of UK towns.
Half of Bloxham is under 41.1, younger than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 10–14: 8.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. For Bloxham, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 73% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bloxham, 41.1. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A student town: 7.4% of adults study full-time
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%.
On residents who moved in within the year, 11% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5%, a lower share than 93% of UK towns
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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
4.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of households in terraced houses stands at 21%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Bloxham: 8.2% of residents were born outside the UK, above 65% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 61% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 52% in Bloxham, more than in 67% 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 Bloxham · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 40% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 79% 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 carers make up 7.6% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 75 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 42% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 17% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Ranked by age, 79th youngest of 530 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Bloxham in age: Sutton Courtenay (41), Horton Heath (41), Warton (Fylde) (41.2) and Deanshanger (41.4).
Bloxham sits below 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloxham | 3,681 | — | 41.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Bodicote | 4,752 | 2.7 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 2.8 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 31% |
| Deddington | 1,769 | 3.3 mi | 50 | 28% | 25% |
| Banbury | 52,041 | 3.6 mi | 37.8 | 15% | 30% |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 4.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 27% |
| Hook Norton | 2,188 | 4.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 6 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Bloxham’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 Bloxham’s residents
What is the population of Bloxham?
The 2021 Census counted 3,681 people in Bloxham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bloxham?
The median age was 41.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 74% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bloxham?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bloxham?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bloxham good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bloxham’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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