Mostly homeowners in mid-life who have moved here to stay. Eight in ten households own their home. The typical resident is in their late forties. Households are fairly well off, at least before tax. About one household in five is a person living alone, so the village isn't only couples and young families.
At the 2021 Census, the source for every population figure here, about 80% of Chalgrove's households owned their home. About 10% rented privately and another 10% rented from a council or housing association. With private renting that rare, a family who wants to try the village before buying will have very few homes to choose from.
The typical resident is 47, and about 22% of residents are aged 25 to 44. The people living here are mostly past the first-home stage and are now adding extensions or planning where to downsize.
Average household income in the surrounding area was about £73,000 a year before tax in the financial year to March 2023. The Office for National Statistics models that figure across a wider area that takes in the village, so it covers more than Chalgrove alone. The money comes before tax, and much of it then goes on two cars and a mortgage on a family-sized house.
About 24% of households are couples with dependent children, and about 7% are lone parents. About 21% are one person living alone, and about 12% of all households are a pensioner living alone, which is part of that 21%. Plenty of households have children at the primary school, and plenty of others are now one person in a house built for a family.
About 32% of adults have a degree, about 16% have no qualifications at all, and about 2% are full-time students. That is a broad mix, without a large population at either end. Chalgrove has no student population and no university crowd, and at weekends it fills with families, not term-time visitors.
The people who live in Chalgrove are a strong part of its appeal. It is a stable, comfortable village of owners, and most of them have been here long enough to know the place well.