Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.1%
Half of Beacon's Bottom’s residents are over 50.5, older than in 87% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 799 residents locally, living in 308 households. The census found that 1% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village. Set against 44% across England’s towns, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in the village.
Beacon's Bottom sits above 65% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%, Beacon's Bottom is ahead of 73% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Beacon's Bottom, 3.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 93% 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%.
46% of Beacon's Bottom’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
Only 20% of households in Beacon's Bottom have dependent children
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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 20% in Beacon's Bottom. For Beacon's Bottom, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 3.9%. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Beacon's Bottom has 62%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
Beacon's Bottom: 8% of residents were born outside the UK, above 64% of UK towns
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.8%) and in EU countries (2.5%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Beacon's Bottom has 98%.
34% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 86% 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: 88% of Beacon's Bottom · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.5%), Indian (2.4%) and Mixed or multiple (2.3%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 88%, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops 74% of UK towns: 54%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns: 31%
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
For 14 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 61% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Beacon's Bottom’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Beacon's Bottom sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon's Bottom | 799 | — | 50.5 | 24% | 20% |
| Stokenchurch | 4,351 | 1.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 29% |
| Lane End | 3,446 | 2.6 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Walter's Ash and Naphill | 3,893 | 3.9 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Downley | 2,655 | 4 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 36% |
| Chinnor | 7,268 | 4 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 4 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Hughenden Valley | 1,814 | 5.1 mi | 51.6 | 28% | 28% |
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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 Beacon's Bottom’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 Beacon's Bottom’s residents
What is the population of Beacon's Bottom?
The 2021 Census counted 799 people in Beacon's Bottom’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beacon's Bottom?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beacon's Bottom?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beacon's Bottom?
34% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Beacon's Bottom good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beacon's Bottom’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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