Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Shenington is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.2
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Shenington comes in at 7.3%. The 2021 Census counted 422 residents in 181 households. In Shenington, two thirds of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 97% of UK towns.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 80% of UK towns: 27%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns: 6.4%
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%.
The share of full-time students is 4%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns: 22%
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 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Still, a quarter of households have dependent children, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.8% in Shenington.
More households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 67%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Shenington, 7.7%. Typically, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. For Shenington, the census puts households in flats at 1.7%.
More residents whose main language is English than 88% of UK towns: 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%). More residents born outside the UK than in 64% of UK towns: 8.1%. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 33% in Shenington, less than in 88% 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: 91% of Shenington · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 91% in Shenington. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Caribbean (0.5%). By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Shenington, 17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Shenington has 7.4%. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 3 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 54% of Shenington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.6% have no qualification (18%).
Shenington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenington | 422 | — | 53.2 | 27% | 25% |
| Banbury | 52,041 | 5 mi | 37.8 | 15% | 30% |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 5.7 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 5.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Hook Norton | 2,188 | 5.8 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Bodicote | 4,752 | 6.5 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Ettington | 1,064 | 7.2 mi | 47.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Shipston-on-Stour | 5,852 | 7.4 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Shenington’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 Shenington’s residents
What is the population of Shenington?
The 2021 Census counted 422 people in Shenington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shenington?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shenington?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shenington?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Shenington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shenington’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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