Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in terraced houses make up 1.6% in Horspath, less than in 99% of UK towns
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Horspath. At the 2021 Census, 1,467 people lived here, in 613 households. Locally, nearly three in five households live in a detached house. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children.
What the Census says about Horspath’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Horspath’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% 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).
Older than 90% of UK towns: half of Horspath is over 51.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Horspath is above just over four fifths of UK towns. In Goring, the oldest of Oxfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 92% 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%.
6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 26% in Horspath, less than in 80% 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: 3.9%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of households
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 without a car or van make up 9.7%, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Horspath, more than in 79% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 97%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 13%.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 81% of UK towns, at 83%
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: 83% of Horspath · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (6.9%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Pakistani (1.9%). Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Higher than in 76% of UK towns: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The share of residents with no religion is 35%, against 37% across England’s towns.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 94% 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.2%. The share of adults who have never married stands at 27%. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
38% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of Horspath’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Horspath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horspath | 1,467 | — | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 1.2 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 24% |
| Wheatley | 4,305 | 1.5 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Oxford | 170,799 | 2.9 mi | 32 | 12% | 28% |
| Kennington | 4,595 | 3.7 mi | 49 | 26% | 24% |
| Radley | 2,079 | 4.7 mi | 26.2 | 16% | 27% |
| Berinsfield | 2,773 | 5.1 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 33% |
| Oakley | 1,129 | 5.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 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 Horspath’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 Horspath’s residents
What is the population of Horspath?
The 2021 Census counted 1,467 people in Horspath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horspath?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Horspath?
83% 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 Horspath?
35% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.5% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Horspath good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horspath’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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