Photo: Ian Mulder · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 15% of households in Bledlow Ridge are one person living alone
The figure for households without a car or van is 4.9% in Bledlow Ridge and 24% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 804 people lived here, in 300 households. Across Bledlow Ridge, 75% of households live in a detached house. The village has more households with dependent children than 84% of UK towns, at 32%.
Older than 83% of UK towns: half of Bledlow Ridge is over 49.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 24% of residents are 65 or over here. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 84% of UK towns: 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Bledlow Ridge, 5.2%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bledlow Ridge households average 2.6 people, larger than in 97% of UK towns
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.7%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 2.3%
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 flats: 2% here and 23% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 75% of UK towns, at 10%
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 Africa (3.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Bledlow Ridge sits higher than 78% of UK towns: 99%.
In Bledlow Ridge, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 78% 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: 90% of Bledlow Ridge · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 90%, against 73% across England’s towns. In Bledlow Ridge, 37% of residents said they have no religion. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 9. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. A quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns. Bledlow Ridge sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
50% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
50% of Bledlow Ridge’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Bledlow Ridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bledlow Ridge | 804 | — | 49.7 | 24% | 32% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 2.1 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Walter's Ash and Naphill | 3,893 | 2.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Stokenchurch | 4,351 | 2.6 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 29% |
| Chinnor | 7,268 | 3.4 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Downley | 2,655 | 3.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 36% |
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 3.6 mi | 49 | 28% | 24% |
| Lane End | 3,446 | 3.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
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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 Bledlow Ridge’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 Bledlow Ridge’s residents
What is the population of Bledlow Ridge?
The 2021 Census counted 804 people in Bledlow Ridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bledlow Ridge?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bledlow Ridge?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bledlow Ridge?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bledlow Ridge good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bledlow Ridge’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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