Photo: mick finn · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 2.7%
Households in terraced houses: 3.7% here and 24% across England’s towns. There were 190 households in Finmere at the 2021 Census, home to 487 residents. One-person households: 16% of the total. At 12%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 94% of UK towns.
Half of Finmere is over 48.7, older than 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.6% in Finmere, less than in 99% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Finmere has 5.2%. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 95% of UK towns: 2.6 people 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.
The figure for households with dependent children is 26% in Finmere and 29% across England’s towns. Locally, 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A village of detached houses: 69% of households live in one
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
Households in flats: 2.6% here and 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
8% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 64% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.9%) and in Africa (2.5%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Finmere.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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: 88% of Finmere · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (7.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and African (1%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 84% of UK towns: 35%. Add to that, residents who describe themselves as White British make up 88%, against 73% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 61%, 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
10 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On adults who have never married, Finmere sits lower than 91% of UK towns: 25%. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 44% of its adults qualified to degree level, Finmere compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 9.9% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Finmere 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finmere | 487 | — | 48.7 | 22% | 26% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 4.1 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 4.4 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
| Croughton | 1,200 | 5.5 mi | 30 | 14% | 30% |
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 5.5 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 6.3 mi | 39.4 | 11% | 46% |
| Launton | 1,374 | 6.6 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Bicester | 37,748 | 7 mi | 37.8 | 13% | 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 Finmere’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 Finmere’s residents
What is the population of Finmere?
The 2021 Census counted 487 people in Finmere’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Finmere?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Finmere?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Finmere?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Finmere good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Finmere’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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