Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Beaconsfield: 33% of households have dependent children, above 89% of UK towns
By its share of residents with no religion (32%), Beaconsfield is below 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 14,142 people lived here, in 5,589 households. 26% of households are one person living alone. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 94% of UK towns.
Beaconsfield changed by +6% from 2011 to 2024, behind 59% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Beaconsfield’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,600 people in 2011; 14,400 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2022 to mid-2023, the population rose by 190, the most of any year. The 45 to 64 group saw the biggest change (+18%), the 30 to 44 group the smallest (−8%).
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 64% of UK towns: 9.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 8.2% of residents. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over (England’s towns: 18%).
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Beaconsfield, 45.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 6.7%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 90% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.4%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
50% of households live in a detached house, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Households in terraced houses: 11%, below 88% of UK towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 10% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house. The census found that 19% of households live in a flat or apartment in Beaconsfield.
95% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 79% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (6.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (5%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. At 18%, the share of residents born outside the UK is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 74%, a lower share than 90% 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: 74% of Beaconsfield · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (9.1%), Indian (5.8%) and Mixed or multiple (4.1%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 61% of UK towns.
Beaconsfield sits below 88% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
Unpaid carers: 7.2% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. 243 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
55% of Beaconsfield’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have none (18%). For 12%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Among 360 UK towns of 10,000 to 19,000 people, the 145th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Beaconsfield in age: Wellington (45), Dunscroft and Hatfield (45.1), Uckfield (45.1) and Kippax (45.2).
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beaconsfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 14,142 | — | 45.1 | 21% | 33% |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 2 mi | 46 | 22% | 34% |
| Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green | 12,438 | 2.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 30% |
| Bourne End | 7,166 | 3.3 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 27% |
| Chalfont St Giles | 4,707 | 3.5 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 32% |
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 3.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Hazlemere | 20,006 | 3.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 30% |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 4 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Beaconsfield’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. Beaconsfield’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 13,775 people in 2021, against 14,142 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 Beaconsfield’s residents
What is the population of Beaconsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 14,142 people in Beaconsfield’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,400 people in mid-2024, 6% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Beaconsfield?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beaconsfield?
74% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beaconsfield?
32% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.6% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Beaconsfield good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beaconsfield’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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