Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0In Eynsham, 85% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 78% of UK towns
People aged 65 and over make up 24% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Across Eynsham, 8.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. Just over a quarter of households live in a terraced house, more than in 74% of UK towns. The town’s 2,328 households held 5,321 residents at the 2021 Census.
Half of Eynsham is over 46.6, older than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. In Goring, the oldest of Oxfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Eynsham, 46.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 78% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Eynsham, 41% and 22%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. For Eynsham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 12%.
3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 82% 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.
27% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.
In Eynsham, 25% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 63% 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
In Eynsham, 16% of households have no car or van. 8.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 61% of UK towns; 25% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
12% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 95%, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Of residents born abroad, 19% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 55% of UK towns: 42% of residents said they have no religion
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: 85% of Eynsham · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Chinese (0.8%). The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Eynsham comes in at 50%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 61% of UK towns: 50%
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
117 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Eynsham, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of adults in Eynsham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people: this is the 239th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Eynsham in age: Burwell (46.6), Toddington (46.6), Bricket Wood (46.6) and Virginia Water (46.6).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Eynsham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eynsham | 5,321 | — | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Freeland | 1,520 | 2.5 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 24% |
| Long Hanborough | 3,034 | 2.9 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 30% |
| Yarnton | 3,227 | 3.4 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 29% |
| North Leigh | 1,733 | 3.4 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Wolvercote | 1,328 | 3.5 mi | 43.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 4.1 mi | 42.8 | 17% | 36% |
| Kidlington | 14,640 | 4.5 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Eynsham’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 Eynsham’s residents
What is the population of Eynsham?
The 2021 Census counted 5,321 people in Eynsham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eynsham?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eynsham?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eynsham?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Eynsham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eynsham’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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