Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0In Longcot, 0.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Adults who have never married: 25%, below 94% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Longcot’s population at 614, in 250 households. Across Longcot, 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
45–49 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
16% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 97% 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%.
Full-time students make up 4.5%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
In Longcot, 20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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.
In Longcot the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 71% of UK towns.
Longcot sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (4%)
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
The share of households in flats is 6.4%, against 23% across England’s towns. Still, households in detached houses are more common here than in 95% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. For Longcot, the census puts households in terraced houses at 12%.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 70% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.3%) and in EU countries (2%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. 7.5% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 60% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 69% of UK towns: 94%
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 Longcot · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
38% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.3%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 62% 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
By its share of unpaid carers (7.1%), Longcot is below 96% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 9.
Degree-level qualifications reach 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Longcot, 49%, and 11% have none, against 18%.
Longcot and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longcot | 614 | — | 45 | 20% | 30% |
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 5,353 | 2 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Faringdon | 8,625 | 2.7 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 30% |
| Stanford in the Vale | 2,302 | 4.4 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Highworth | 7,932 | 4.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 6.3 mi | 48 | 19% | 30% |
| Stratton St Margaret | 20,689 | 6.7 mi | 46 | 22% | 25% |
| East Challow | 1,031 | 6.8 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 36% |
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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 Longcot’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 Longcot’s residents
What is the population of Longcot?
The 2021 Census counted 614 people in Longcot’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longcot?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longcot?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longcot?
38% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Longcot good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longcot’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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