Photo: Stuart Logan · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Goring is over 52.2, older than 92% of UK towns
20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). The 2021 Census counted 3,434 residents in 1,483 households. For Goring, the census puts households in detached houses at 51%. At 9.9%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Goring’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Goring’s residents are under 52.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Goring, 52.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 54% of UK towns: 4.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 55% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 10% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 8.9% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Goring ranks below 72% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 25%
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.
By its share of one-person households (28%), Goring is below 68% of UK towns. Here, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 80% of UK towns, at 13%
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 in flats at 15%, Goring is ahead of 69% of UK towns on that count. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns: 11%
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
18% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.7%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 81% of UK towns: 55%
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: 90% of Goring · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 37%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Above 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
78 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.7% here, fewer than in 68% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 56% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 56% of its adults qualified to degree level, Goring compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 9.4% hold no qualification (18%).
749 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000 people: this is the 95th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Goring in age: Gnosall (52.2), Oaklands (52.2), Istead Rise (52.2) and Headley Down and Headley (52.3).
Every nearby town is younger than Goring
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goring | 3,434 | — | 52.2 | 33% | 25% |
| Woodcote | 2,198 | 2.5 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 29% |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 2.7 mi | 47.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Cholsey | 3,776 | 3.4 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 34% |
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | 3.5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Crowmarsh Gifford | 1,329 | 5.1 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Compton | 1,789 | 5.2 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 40% |
| Blewbury | 1,708 | 5.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 23% |
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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 Goring’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 Goring’s residents
What is the population of Goring?
The 2021 Census counted 3,434 people in Goring’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Goring?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 92% of UK towns. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Goring?
90% 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 Goring?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Goring good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Goring’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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