Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.4%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 5.5%, Islip is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. The village’s 276 households held 668 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 23% of households are one person living alone.
Half of Islip is over 47.4, older than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (23%), Islip is above just over three 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.
In Islip, 5% of adults are full-time students, more than in 59% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 58% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.2% in Islip.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 76% 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.
Households with dependent children make up 30%, against 29% across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.9%.
Only 2.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Islip
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 Islip, 19% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. 40% of households live in a detached house. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Islip: 12% of residents were born outside the UK, above 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.9%) and in EU countries (3.4%). To put it in context, 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 Islip.
Islip ranks below 72% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 88%
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 Islip · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (0.7%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Islip has 40%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed 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
14 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Islip sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9.5%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 58%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Islip’s adults: 58% with a degree-level qualification and 8.8% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Islip is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islip | 668 | — | 47.4 | 23% | 30% |
| Kidlington | 14,640 | 2 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 25% |
| Yarnton | 3,227 | 3 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Wolvercote | 1,328 | 3.6 mi | 43.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Tackley | 1,073 | 4.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 33% |
| Chesterton | 1,179 | 4.9 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Woodstock | 3,522 | 5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Oxford | 170,799 | 5.2 mi | 32 | 12% | 28% |
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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 Islip’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 Islip’s residents
What is the population of Islip?
The 2021 Census counted 668 people in Islip’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Islip?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Islip?
88% 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 Islip?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Islip good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Islip’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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