Culham Manor · Photo: Bill Nicholls · CC BY-SA 2.0Families with children: 42% of households, more than in 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Culham, 18%. The village counted 467 residents and 168 households at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of households live in a terraced house. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 88% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Culham’s residents are under 39.9, younger than in 81% of UK towns. On the census count, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Culham, 5.5% of adults are full-time students, more than in 75% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.8 people per household, more than in 99% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 3.5%, a lower share than 90% 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
With households without a car or van at 8.9%, Culham is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%. Households in detached houses account for 39%.
92% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 90% 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 (11%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3%). Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 91% of UK towns.
Below 92% of UK towns: 72% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 72% of Culham · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (19%), Mixed or multiple (4.5%) and African (1.3%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. At 45%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 77% of UK towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 82% of UK towns: 53%
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
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Lower than in 75% of UK towns: 8.4% of residents give unpaid care. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 4.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 59%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Culham, 59% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 8.4% have no qualification at all (18%).
Older than Culham: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culham | 467 | — | 39.9 | 15% | 42% |
| Sutton Courtenay | 3,055 | 1.1 mi | 41 | 18% | 34% |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 33,179 | 1.7 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Drayton | 3,110 | 2 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Shippon | 1,894 | 2.6 mi | 29.1 | 8.9% | 54% |
| Radley | 2,079 | 2.7 mi | 26.2 | 16% | 27% |
| Steventon | 2,211 | 3.1 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Marcham | 2,030 | 3.4 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Culham’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 Culham’s residents
What is the population of Culham?
The 2021 Census counted 467 people in Culham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Culham?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Culham?
72% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Culham?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Culham good for families?
42% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Culham’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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