Photo: Chemical Engineer · CC BY-SA 4.01.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 97% of UK towns
Here 8.2% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns. Oxspring is home to 1,196 residents in 497 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally.
Oxspring ranks below 81% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Half of Oxspring’s residents are over 47.6, older than in 72% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns: 7.2%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 43% of Oxspring’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. In Oxspring, 5.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 26% in Oxspring, less than in 83% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against South Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. In Oxspring, 29% of households have dependent children.
In Oxspring, 53% of households live in a detached house, more than in 92% 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
In Oxspring, 13% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. 1.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 53% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 99% of UK towns: 100%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%) and in EU countries (0.6%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 81% 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: 95% of Oxspring · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Oxspring has 39%. At the same time, the village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than nearly three quarters of UK towns, at 95%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 1% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 36. Oxspring has more unpaid carers than 87% of UK towns, at 11%. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of Oxspring’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Oxspring
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxspring | 1,196 | — | 47.6 | 23% | 29% |
| Penistone | 8,541 | 1.3 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 30% |
| Thurgoland | 1,239 | 1.5 mi | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Hoylandswaine | 1,038 | 1.7 mi | 50.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Silkstone Common | 1,278 | 2.1 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Thurlstone | 1,003 | 2.3 mi | 47.9 | 20% | 23% |
| Silkstone | 1,682 | 2.4 mi | 55 | 31% | 20% |
| Stocksbridge | 7,264 | 2.5 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 25% |
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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.
- “South Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in South Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Oxspring’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 Oxspring’s residents
What is the population of Oxspring?
The 2021 Census counted 1,196 people in Oxspring’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oxspring?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oxspring?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oxspring?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Oxspring good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oxspring’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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