Photo: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 6.7% of households have no car or van in Akeley
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Akeley. Census day 2021: 593 residents and 257 households in the village. Households with dependent children: nearly a quarter of the total. 47% of households live in a detached house, a higher share than in 86% of UK towns.
Akeley is older than 83% of UK towns: a median age of 49.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Akeley has more residents aged 65 and over than two thirds of UK towns, at 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
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%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Fewer one-person households than 78% of UK towns: 26%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 3.9% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 5.2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Akeley
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
For Akeley, the census puts households in terraced houses at 20%. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 86% of UK towns: 99%
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
Here 5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.9%), then in EU countries (1.7%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
Akeley: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 76% 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 Akeley · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 51%, against 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.2%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 56% in Akeley, more than in 91% 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
Nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 29% in Akeley. The share of unpaid carers stands at 6.6%. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Akeley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Akeley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akeley | 593 | — | 49.5 | 24% | 23% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 2.4 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 3.9 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Silverstone | 2,542 | 4.5 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 34% |
| Potterspury | 1,637 | 4.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 28% |
| Old Stratford | 2,427 | 5 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Yardley Gobion | 1,283 | 5.7 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 5.8 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Buckinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Buckinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Akeley’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 Akeley’s residents
What is the population of Akeley?
The 2021 Census counted 593 people in Akeley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Akeley?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Akeley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Akeley?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Akeley good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Akeley’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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