Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0In Steventon, 32% of households have dependent children, more than in 85% of UK towns
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 43% in Steventon. Still, the village has fewer households in terraced houses than four fifths of UK towns, at 13%. At the 2021 Census Steventon was home to 2,211 people in 919 households. Census figures put residents with no religion at 44% here.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of UK towns, at 8.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.6% of residents. The median age in Steventon is 41.1, lower than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. At 18%, residents aged 65 and over sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4.2% in Steventon, less than in 76% 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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (8%), Steventon is below 64% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Steventon ranks below 79% of UK towns on one-person households: 26%
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.2%.
Fewer car-free households than 80% of UK towns: 10%
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
7.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Steventon: 8.7% of residents were born outside the UK, above 68% 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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 16% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. The census found that 97% of residents have English as their main language in Steventon. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
Steventon ranks below 65% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 90%
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: 90% of Steventon · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and African (1%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 63% of UK towns: 48%.
More married adults and civil partners than 71% of UK towns: 51%
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. The census found that 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Steventon. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
41% 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, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Steventon, 41%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Steventon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steventon | 2,211 | — | 41.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Drayton | 3,110 | 1.6 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 33% |
| East Hendred | 1,367 | 2 mi | 44.8 | 20% | 32% |
| Sutton Courtenay | 3,055 | 2.3 mi | 41 | 18% | 34% |
| Harwell | 3,067 | 2.3 mi | 37.7 | 17% | 38% |
| East Hanney | 1,233 | 3.1 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 33% |
| Marcham | 2,030 | 3.2 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 33% |
| Didcot | 34,600 | 3.6 mi | 35.8 | 11% | 33% |
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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 Steventon’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 Steventon’s residents
What is the population of Steventon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,211 people in Steventon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Steventon?
The median age was 41.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Steventon?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Steventon?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Steventon good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Steventon’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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