Photo: John Walton · CC BY-SA 2.0Middle Barton sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Households without a car or van account for 6.3%. Middle Barton has fewer households in flats than 92% of UK towns, at 3.3%. At the 2021 Census Middle Barton was home to 1,762 people in 728 households. By its share of one-person households (23%), Middle Barton is below 94% of UK towns.
A median age of 47.1: Middle Barton is older than 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 97% of UK towns: 3.3%
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%.
In Middle Barton, 39% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The village has more residents who moved in within the year than 68% of UK towns, at 9.7%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Middle Barton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 77% 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.
Here 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. Households with dependent children account for 28%.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 89% of UK towns: 49%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 17% of households live in a terraced house in Middle Barton. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 7.2% in Middle Barton, more than in 58% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 21% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
In Middle Barton, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% 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: 92% of Middle Barton · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.6%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 71% of UK towns: 37%. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, a higher share than 96% 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
Just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 47. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Middle Barton and its 7 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Barton | 1,762 | — | 47.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Deddington | 1,769 | 4 mi | 50 | 28% | 25% |
| Tackley | 1,073 | 4.2 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 33% |
| Upper Heyford | 2,481 | 4.8 mi | 34.2 | 7.9% | 43% |
| Woodstock | 3,522 | 5.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Stonesfield | 1,663 | 5.8 mi | 49 | 24% | 27% |
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 6.1 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Charlbury | 2,810 | 6.2 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Middle Barton’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 Middle Barton’s residents
What is the population of Middle Barton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,762 people in Middle Barton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Middle Barton?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Middle Barton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 7.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Middle Barton?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Middle Barton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middle Barton’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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