Photo: Argrogan · Public domainSambourne is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.3
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 58% in Sambourne. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 7.1% here, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. The village counted 235 residents and 99 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
More residents aged 65 and over than 90% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Bulkington, the oldest of Warwickshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
More full-time students than 86% of UK towns: 6.2%
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%.
In Sambourne, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer people live alone than in 85% of UK towns: 25% of households
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. In Sambourne, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The village has fewer households with dependent children than 70% of UK towns, at 25%.
7.1% of households live in a terraced house, below 95% 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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Sambourne comes in at 4%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%. Households in detached houses account for 54%.
Only 3.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Sambourne
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
99% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) or in the rest of Europe (0.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 98% in Sambourne, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Sambourne · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
In Sambourne, 14% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Sambourne comes in at 20%. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 9 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
42% of Sambourne’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.8% have none (18%). Many still at university: 17% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Sambourne is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sambourne | 235 | — | 53.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Astwood Bank | 3,248 | 0.9 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Studley | 6,039 | 1.1 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Redditch | 81,634 | 3 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Alcester | 6,425 | 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Inkberrow | 1,817 | 4 mi | 51 | 29% | 27% |
| Henley-in-Arden | 3,001 | 6.3 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 20% |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 6.6 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 32% |
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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 Sambourne’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 Sambourne’s residents
What is the population of Sambourne?
The 2021 Census counted 235 people in Sambourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sambourne?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sambourne?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sambourne?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Sambourne good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sambourne’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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