Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 93% of UK towns: half of Upper Arncott is under 36.4
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 33% in Upper Arncott. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,659, in 407 households. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total. At 53%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Upper Arncott’s people
A village people move to
24% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Upper Arncott’s residents are under 36.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 14% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 11% of residents are 65 or over in Upper Arncott
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
14% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
33% women, 67% men
About 49 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Upper Arncott sits below 98% of UK towns for full-time students (3.1%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 24%, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 94% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.7%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.2%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Upper Arncott comes in at 31%. In Upper Arncott, 9.4% of households have no car or van. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 81% of UK towns: 13% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Upper Arncott comes in at 95%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.3%), then in Africa (2.7%).
41% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 91% 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: 77% of Upper Arncott · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 5.4%. Lower than in 87% of UK towns: 77% of residents describe themselves as White British. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Upper Arncott comes in at 42%.
Upper Arncott ranks below 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 30%
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
7.6% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
23% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 23% of Upper Arncott’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification (18%).
Around Upper Arncott, 6 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Upper Arncott’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 Upper Arncott’s residents
What is the population of Upper Arncott?
The 2021 Census counted 1,659 people in Upper Arncott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Arncott?
The median age was 36.4 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Arncott?
77% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Arncott?
42% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 5.4% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Arncott good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Arncott’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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