Anthony Hall · Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 5.6% of households have no car or van in Aston Clinton
The share of married adults and civil partners is 57%, against 44% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a third of households have dependent children in Aston Clinton. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. The town had 5,511 residents and 2,249 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.1 (younger than 53% of UK towns).
What the Census says about Aston Clinton’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Aston Clinton at 3,900 in 2011 and 5,100 in 2024, up 29%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 94% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A +29% change since 2011: faster than 94% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Aston Clinton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,900 people in 2011; 5,100 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+78%) and the 45 to 64 group least (+10%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2019 to mid-2020: 270 people.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of UK towns, at 20%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents. With a median age of 44.1, Aston Clinton is younger than 53% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Aston Clinton, 44.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Aston Clinton sits below 61% of UK towns for full-time students (4.6%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Aston Clinton has 9.7%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 23% of households in Aston Clinton are one person living alone
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
49% of households live in a detached house, more than in 89% 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
With households in flats at 7.6%, Aston Clinton is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. In Aston Clinton, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
More residents whose main language is English than 76% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
7.3% of residents were born outside the UK, against 20% across Buckinghamshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 89% in Aston Clinton, less than in 66% 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: 89% of Aston Clinton · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Aston Clinton comes in at 51%. Muslims make up 1% of residents. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
Adults who have never married make up 28% in Aston Clinton, less than in 81% 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
Aston Clinton sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.5%, about the same as across England’s towns. For 121 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 42% 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 Aston Clinton, 42%, and 10% have none, against 18%.
186th lowest median age among 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Aston Clinton in age: Crofton (44.1), Wheathampstead (44.1), Dudley (44.2) and Strensall (44.2).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Aston Clinton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | — | 44.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 1.8 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 2.4 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Tring | 11,961 | 2.5 mi | 44 | 20% | 30% |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 2.9 mi | 29.9 | 2.8% | 58% |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 3 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Bierton | 1,251 | 3.4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 3.9 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 32% |
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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 Aston Clinton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Aston Clinton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,015 people in 2021, against 5,511 in the built-up area.
- 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 Aston Clinton’s residents
What is the population of Aston Clinton?
The 2021 Census counted 5,511 people in Aston Clinton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,100 people in mid-2024, 29% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Aston Clinton?
The median age was 44.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 53% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aston Clinton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aston Clinton?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Aston Clinton good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aston Clinton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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