Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Bodicote is under 36.1, younger than 94% of UK towns
Here one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. There were 1,866 households in Bodicote at the 2021 Census, home to 4,752 residents. In Bodicote, 21% of households are one person living alone. Fewer unpaid carers than in 98% of UK towns: 6.5%.
What the Census says about Bodicote’s people
A town of families
39% of Bodicote’s 1,866 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Bodicote at 2,100 in 2011 and 5,500 in 2024, up 162%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Bodicote’s residents are under 36.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9% are 15 to 24 and 15% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Bodicote’s population changed by +162% since 2011, more than in 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bodicote’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,100 people in 2011; 5,500 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2016 to mid-2017, up 440 people. Of the age groups, 30 to 44 changed most (+337%) and 45 to 64 least (+71%).
In Bodicote, 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Bodicote has 9%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bodicote, 36.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 69% of UK towns: 4.4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bodicote ranks above 97% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 39%
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, households average 2.4 people; in Bodicote, 2.5. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
In Bodicote, 7.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 71% 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 figure for households in detached houses is 36% in Bodicote and 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: nearly a fifth of the total.
More residents born abroad than 83% of UK towns: 13% in Bodicote
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (3.6%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 93%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 11% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
A lower White British share than 82% of UK towns: 82% of residents
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: 82% of Bodicote · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (6.8%), Indian (3.2%) and Mixed or multiple (3.2%). Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 60% of UK towns. Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Bodicote has 51%.
Bodicote sits above 71% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (51%)
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 68. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Set against 39% across England’s towns, 34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Bodicote.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bodicote counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 37th youngest of 695 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 Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Bodicote in age: Grimethorpe (36.1), Keresley Newlands (36.1), Iwade (36.1) and Fitzwilliam and Kinsley (36.2).
Bodicote and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodicote | 4,752 | — | 36.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 1.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 31% |
| Banbury | 52,041 | 2 mi | 37.8 | 15% | 30% |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 2.4 mi | 47 | 23% | 27% |
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 2.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 3.3 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
| Deddington | 1,769 | 3.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 25% |
| Croughton | 1,200 | 5.9 mi | 30 | 14% | 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 Bodicote’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Bodicote’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,752 people in 2021, against 4,752 in the built-up area.
- 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 Bodicote’s residents
What is the population of Bodicote?
The 2021 Census counted 4,752 people in Bodicote’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,500 people in mid-2024, 162% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bodicote?
The median age was 36.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 94% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bodicote?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bodicote?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bodicote good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bodicote’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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