Photo: Shaun Ferguson · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54: Burcot is older than 95% of UK towns
7.8% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 53%, more than in 92% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 345 residents in Burcot, living in 118 households. Here, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Burcot sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.5%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. At 32%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 94% of UK towns. 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
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 15%, a higher share than 96% 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%.
In Burcot, 51% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 7.8% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 4.5%.
Fewer family households than 86% of UK towns: 23% in Burcot
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.
One-person households: 26%, below 79% of UK towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 90% of UK towns: 9.5%
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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment here. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Burcot, 13% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 82% 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (6.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.2%). On residents whose main language is English, Burcot sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 96%. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
86% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 77% 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: 86% of Burcot · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 36% in Burcot and 37% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (9%), Mixed or multiple (3.8%) and African (0.3%). Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 54%
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 share of adults who have never married trails 81% of UK towns: 28%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 8.7% in Burcot. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 50% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
50% of Burcot’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Burcot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burcot | 345 | — | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Berinsfield | 2,773 | 0.7 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 33% |
| Radley | 2,079 | 3 mi | 26.2 | 16% | 27% |
| Brightwell-cum-Sotwell | 1,244 | 3.3 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 33,179 | 4 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Sutton Courtenay | 3,055 | 4.1 mi | 41 | 18% | 34% |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 24% |
| Kennington | 4,595 | 4.5 mi | 49 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Burcot’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 Burcot’s residents
What is the population of Burcot?
The 2021 Census counted 345 people in Burcot’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burcot?
The median age was 54 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burcot?
86% 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 Burcot?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Burcot good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burcot’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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