Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Chartridge sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (4%)
The share of one-person households is 22%, against 30% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 313 residents in 125 households. Here, 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
A median age of 48.6: Chartridge is older than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 23% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 95% of UK towns, at 3.5%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Chartridge. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 82% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Households with dependent children make up 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. Chartridge has more shared households of unrelated adults than 53% of UK towns, at 2.4%.
6.4% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 96% 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
The share of households in flats is 4%, against 23% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put households in detached houses at 46% in Chartridge.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 96% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) or in Africa (2.9%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Chartridge sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 9.9%.
88% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 71% 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 Chartridge · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, close to the figure across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.1%), Mixed or multiple (3.5%) and Arab (1%). 41% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 50% of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Chartridge, less than in 95% 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
On unpaid carers, 7.7% here is much the same as across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7.
50% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Chartridge’s adults: 50% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Chartridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartridge | 313 | — | 48.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Chesham | 23,691 | 1.9 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 32% |
| South Heath | 1,278 | 2 mi | 48.6 | 22% | 33% |
| Hyde Heath | 1,048 | 2.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 32% |
| Little Kingshill | 1,471 | 3.3 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 38% |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 3.9 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Amersham | 17,377 | 3.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 34% |
| Berkhamsted | 21,236 | 4.2 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 32% |
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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 Chartridge’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 Chartridge’s residents
What is the population of Chartridge?
The 2021 Census counted 313 people in Chartridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chartridge?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chartridge?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 9.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chartridge?
41% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Chartridge good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chartridge’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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