Photo: Shaun Ferguson · CC BY-SA 2.0In Bovingdon Green, 1.5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Bovingdon Green has 16%. There were 129 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 347 residents. Here, 70% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Half of the village’s residents are over 51.4, older than in just over nine in ten UK towns.
26% of Bovingdon Green is 65 or over, a higher share than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Bovingdon Green, 6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 84% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.5%, against 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 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.
Larger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people 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.
In Bovingdon Green, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a third of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses: 81%, a higher share than 99% 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 0.8% in Bovingdon Green. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 98% of UK towns: 4.6%. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 79% of UK towns: 12% in Bovingdon Green
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.8%). Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
In Bovingdon Green, 33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 88% 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: 86% of Bovingdon Green · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across Bovingdon Green, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 19%
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 7 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
Qualified to degree level: 64% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 64% of Bovingdon Green’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 5% have no qualification (18%).
Bovingdon Green is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovingdon Green | 347 | — | 51.4 | 26% | 32% |
| Marlow | 14,641 | 1.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 31% |
| Marlow Bottom | 3,339 | 1.3 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 33% |
| Hurley | 1,317 | 2.1 mi | 40.8 | 13% | 41% |
| Lane End | 3,446 | 3.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Cookham | 5,216 | 3.4 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Bourne End | 7,166 | 4 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 27% |
| High Wycombe | 83,541 | 4.3 mi | 35.8 | 12% | 34% |
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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 Bovingdon Green’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 Bovingdon Green’s residents
What is the population of Bovingdon Green?
The 2021 Census counted 347 people in Bovingdon Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bovingdon Green?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bovingdon Green?
86% 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 Bovingdon Green?
33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bovingdon Green good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bovingdon Green’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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