Bampton is mostly homeowners in middle age, comfortably off and well educated. Seven in ten own their home. The typical resident is in their mid-forties. Around four in ten have a degree. Students are almost entirely absent.
About 69% of Bampton's households own their home. Private renters make up about 14% and social renters a similar 14%, so the rented homes are split evenly between private landlords and social housing. Those two roughly equal renting groups mean Bampton is more mixed than the house prices suggest.
All the population figures here come from the 2021 census, which counted 2,994 residents in 1,286 households. The median age is 46, and about 25% of residents are aged 25 to 44. The village has some younger families, but most residents are past the stage of starting out.
The Office for National Statistics models average household income for the area at about £64,400 before tax for the financial year to March 2023. That is the gross figure, before tax and other deductions, so a household's take-home pay is lower. It is also a modelled average for a fairly wide area, which smooths over both the larger houses and the social housing.
The households themselves vary. About 8% are lone-parent families, a small share but enough to show the village is not all couples with two incomes.
About 27% of households are one person living alone, and about 16% of all households are a pensioner living alone, which accounts for a good part of that 27%. Couples with dependent children make up about 19% of households. More households are someone living alone than are couples raising children, which fits the age profile and the number of family houses with spare bedrooms.
About 40% of residents hold a degree, about 14% have no formal qualifications, and about 1% are full-time students. Both ends of the education range are well represented, and very few residents are still studying. There is no university nearby, and the young adults who grew up here tend to leave for one.
Bampton's population is one of its strengths: settled, mostly homeowners, comfortably off and better mixed than the price of its listed buildings would suggest.