Photo: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.2%
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,428 residents in 595 households. In Barford, 39% of households live in a detached house. On residents with no religion, Barford sits higher than 63% of UK towns: 43%.
What the Census says about Barford’s people
A village of families
35% of Barford’s 595 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Barford is younger than 83% of UK towns: a median age of 39.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Barford, 17% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 59% of UK towns, at 5%
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%.
53% of Barford’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Barford sits above 93% of UK towns for households with dependent children (35%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Barford, 28%. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.4 people. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 66% of UK towns.
Few flats: only 7.4% of households in Barford live in one
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 63% of UK towns: 23%.
97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 65% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 13% across Warwickshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90% in Barford, less than in 61% 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: 90% of Barford · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
51% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (5.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (0.7%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 50% in Barford, more than in 64% 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
Here 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Some 30 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Qualified to degree level: 50% of adults
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 Barford, 50%, and 9.7% have none, against 18%.
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Barford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barford | 1,428 | — | 39.5 | 17% | 35% |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 2.6 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Hampton Magna | 1,636 | 2.7 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 22% |
| Warwick | 36,673 | 3 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Snitterfield | 1,055 | 3.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 29% |
| Wellesbourne | 7,015 | 3.6 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 3.8 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 4.1 mi | 42 | 11% | 39% |
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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.
- “Warwickshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Warwickshire (or England), summed the same way as Barford’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 Barford’s residents
What is the population of Barford?
The 2021 Census counted 1,428 people in Barford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barford?
The median age was 39.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barford?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barford?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Barford good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barford’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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