Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.04% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Detached houses are home to 63% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 30% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 521 people lived in Checkendon, in 203 households.
Half of Checkendon is over 49.8, older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Checkendon.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 66% of UK towns: 5.2%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Checkendon. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 3.5%. On the census count, 29% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 5.4%
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
2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
11% born outside the UK, more than in 79% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.8%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 96% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 96% of UK towns: 62%
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: 92% of Checkendon · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
92% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (6.7%), Indian (0.2%) and Chinese (0.2%).
Married adults and civil partners: 63%, a higher share than 99% 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
Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Checkendon has 22%. Higher than in 83% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 19.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 53% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Checkendon counts 53% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 8.6% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Checkendon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkendon | 521 | — | 49.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Woodcote | 2,198 | 1.8 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 29% |
| Sonning Common | 5,264 | 3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 29% |
| Goring | 3,434 | 4.2 mi | 52.2 | 33% | 25% |
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | 4.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Crowmarsh Gifford | 1,329 | 4.9 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Cholsey | 3,776 | 5.3 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 34% |
| Caversham | 33,038 | 5.5 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Checkendon’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 Checkendon’s residents
What is the population of Checkendon?
The 2021 Census counted 521 people in Checkendon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Checkendon?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Checkendon?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Checkendon?
30% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Checkendon good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Checkendon’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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