Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.6%
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. There were 1,143 households in Chalgrove at the 2021 Census, home to 2,807 residents. The share of one-person households stands at 21%. On households without a car or van, Chalgrove sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.3%.
Growth of +9% since 2011 puts Chalgrove ahead of 58% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Chalgrove’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,800 people in 2011; 3,100 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+34%) and the 30 to 44 least (+1%). Mid-2023 to mid-2024 brought the biggest yearly rise, 150 people.
Chalgrove is older than 71% of UK towns: a median age of 47.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%, against 18% across England’s towns. For Chalgrove, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Chalgrove, 47.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, below 63% 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%.
By class, nearly two in five adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For Chalgrove, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.6%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Above 82% of UK towns: 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
Nothing unusual on households with dependent children: 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 82% of UK towns: 12%
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
In Chalgrove, 38% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Above 65% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language
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 (3.1%) and in Africa (1.3%). Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK here.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 74% of UK towns, at 54%
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 Chalgrove · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 39% answered “no religion” and 54% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. For Chalgrove, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 93%.
Chalgrove sits above 92% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (56%)
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
9.8% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. Census figures put adults who have never married at 29% in Chalgrove. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
32% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Chalgrove, 32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 237th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Chalgrove in age: Croston (47.4), Denby Dale (47.4), Belton (47.5) and Water Orton (47.5).
Older than Chalgrove: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalgrove | 2,807 | — | 47.4 | 22% | 29% |
| Watlington | 2,438 | 3.5 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 25% |
| Benson | 5,236 | 3.7 mi | 36 | 17% | 35% |
| Berinsfield | 2,773 | 4 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 33% |
| Brightwell-cum-Sotwell | 1,244 | 5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Crowmarsh Gifford | 1,329 | 5.1 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Wallingford | 8,455 | 5.1 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 5.2 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 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 Chalgrove’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. Chalgrove’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,807 people in 2021, against 2,807 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 Chalgrove’s residents
What is the population of Chalgrove?
The 2021 Census counted 2,807 people in Chalgrove’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,100 people in mid-2024, 9% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Chalgrove?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 71% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chalgrove?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chalgrove?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Chalgrove good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chalgrove’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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