Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.8: Ramsden is older than 95% of UK towns
With one-person households at 23%, Ramsden is behind 94% of UK towns on that count. Lower than in 91% of UK towns: 21% of households have dependent children. At the 2021 Census Ramsden was home to 363 people in 154 households. 61% of households live in a detached house.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.8% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Ramsden has 16%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Ramsden sits above 91% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (3.9%)
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
3.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
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
By its share of households in flats (3.2%), Ramsden is below 92% of UK towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. The census found that 6.4% of households have no car or van here.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 78% of UK towns, at 11%
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 whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.6%) and in Africa (3.6%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 91% of UK towns: 58%
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: 91% of Ramsden · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
35% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.5%).
In Ramsden, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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: 9.9% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 26% in Ramsden. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 49%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Ramsden’s adults: 49% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Ramsden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsden | 363 | — | 53.8 | 28% | 21% |
| Charlbury | 2,810 | 2.6 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 25% |
| North Leigh | 1,733 | 2.6 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Stonesfield | 1,663 | 2.8 mi | 49 | 24% | 27% |
| Witney | 30,167 | 3.5 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Freeland | 1,520 | 3.8 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 24% |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 4 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Long Hanborough | 3,034 | 4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 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 Ramsden’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 Ramsden’s residents
What is the population of Ramsden?
The 2021 Census counted 363 people in Ramsden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ramsden?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ramsden?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ramsden?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ramsden good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ramsden’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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