Photo: Shaun Ferguson · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4.7% of households have no car or van in Bishopstone
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Bishopstone has 8%. Households in detached houses account for 70%. On married adults and civil partners, Bishopstone sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 66%. The village had 326 residents and 127 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 50.7.
A median age of 50.7: Bishopstone is older than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Bishopstone has 51% and 9%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 17%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 19% of households
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.
The typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Bishopstone has more shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of UK towns, at 6.3%. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. 29% of households have dependent children.
Below 98% of UK towns: 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
8.6% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Bishopstone: 12% of residents were born outside the UK, above 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (4%) and in EU countries (3.1%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 68% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 54% in Bishopstone, more than in 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: 87% of Bishopstone · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (6.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Chinese (0.3%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 73% of UK towns: 87%. What’s more, the figure for residents with no religion is 36% in Bishopstone and 37% across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 18%
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
Bishopstone sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 7.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 2 residents. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 46%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of Bishopstone’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Bishopstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstone | 326 | — | 50.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Stone | 2,081 | 1.7 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 2.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Aylesbury | 87,966 | 2.3 mi | 36.4 | 12% | 35% |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 3.4 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Longwick | 1,528 | 3.6 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 3.7 mi | 29.9 | 2.8% | 58% |
| Bierton | 1,251 | 3.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 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 Bishopstone’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 Bishopstone’s residents
What is the population of Bishopstone?
The 2021 Census counted 326 people in Bishopstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bishopstone?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bishopstone?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bishopstone?
36% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bishopstone good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bishopstone’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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