Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.036% of households have dependent children, more than in 95% of UK towns
The figure for households in detached houses is 8.8% in Wolvercote and 21% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,328 residents locally, living in 534 households. For Wolvercote, the census puts adults who have never married at 35%. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 72% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Wolvercote’s people
A village of families
36% of Wolvercote’s 534 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A village people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 37% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 63% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Lower than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Goring, the oldest of Oxfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
16% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 97% 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%.
The share of full-time students tops 96% of UK towns: 9.5%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 86% of UK towns: 2.5 people 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 18% in Wolvercote, more than in 65% 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
The share of households in terraced houses tops 70% of UK towns: 26%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. 12% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents born outside the UK make up 21% in Wolvercote, more than in 94% 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
93% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (8.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (5.1%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
37% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 96% 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: 73% of Wolvercote · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
3% of residents are Muslim. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 48% here, more than in 87% of UK towns. Wolvercote sits close to the norm on residents who describe themselves as White British: 73%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 48%, a lower share than 51% 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
At 8.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. 28 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
A degree-level qualification for 61% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 61% of adults in Wolvercote (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.1% (England’s towns: 18%). For 11%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Wolvercote
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolvercote | 1,328 | — | 43.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Yarnton | 3,227 | 1.8 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Kidlington | 14,640 | 2.5 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 25% |
| Eynsham | 5,321 | 3.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 3.5 mi | 42.8 | 17% | 36% |
| Oxford | 170,799 | 3.6 mi | 32 | 12% | 28% |
| Woodstock | 3,522 | 5.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Long Hanborough | 3,034 | 5.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Wolvercote’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 Wolvercote’s residents
What is the population of Wolvercote?
The 2021 Census counted 1,328 people in Wolvercote’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wolvercote?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wolvercote?
73% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 21% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wolvercote?
48% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wolvercote good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wolvercote’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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