Photo: Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.01.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of UK towns
The share of households in flats is 2.1%, against 23% across England’s towns. Leafield had 925 residents and 374 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.2. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 58% in the village. A quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 87% of UK towns.
Leafield is older than 63% of UK towns: a median age of 46.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 19% here, fewer than in 70% of UK towns.
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.
Leafield sits below 83% of UK towns for full-time students (4.1%)
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Leafield. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 88% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
30% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 92% of UK towns: 8%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 18% of households live in a terraced house here. In one household in 13 there is no car or van. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 70% of UK towns.
In Leafield, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%), then in EU countries (1.3%). Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Leafield, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 74% 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: 94% of Leafield · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 64% of UK towns: 39%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.5%).
Only 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Leafield
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 7.1% in Leafield and 8.7% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 10. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
44% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Leafield, 11%, while 44% hold one at degree level (34%).
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Leafield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leafield | 925 | — | 46.2 | 19% | 30% |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 2.8 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood | 2,956 | 3.7 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Charlbury | 2,810 | 3.7 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Witney | 30,167 | 3.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 28% |
| North Leigh | 1,733 | 4.5 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Burford | 1,522 | 4.7 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 16% |
| Stonesfield | 1,663 | 4.9 mi | 49 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Leafield’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 Leafield’s residents
What is the population of Leafield?
The 2021 Census counted 925 people in Leafield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leafield?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leafield?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leafield?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Leafield good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leafield’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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