Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Hailey is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.4
22% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). In 2021, the Census found 762 residents in Hailey, living in 298 households. Across Hailey, 7.2% of households have no car or van. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Hailey: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%, below 85% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns, at 6.1%
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%.
By class, 36% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 5% of the total.
Larger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 3% in Hailey. Locally, 27% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses make up 41% in Hailey, more than in 76% 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
17% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Hailey: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 93% 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
In Hailey, 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 86% of UK towns
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: 96% of Hailey · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 42% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2%), Indian (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%.
Hailey ranks above 90% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 56%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 15 people. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 27% here, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. On unpaid carers, 9.4% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
34% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of Hailey’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification (18%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Hailey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hailey | 762 | — | 51.4 | 29% | 27% |
| Witney | 30,167 | 1.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 28% |
| North Leigh | 1,733 | 2.2 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 2.9 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 3.1 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Freeland | 1,520 | 3.7 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 24% |
| Stonesfield | 1,663 | 4 mi | 49 | 24% | 27% |
| Long Hanborough | 3,034 | 4.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 30% |
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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 Hailey’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 Hailey’s residents
What is the population of Hailey?
The 2021 Census counted 762 people in Hailey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hailey?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hailey?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hailey?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hailey good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hailey’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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