Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 42%
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Clayhill has 1.9%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Clayhill sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 67%. There were 106 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 288 residents. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total.
Above 97% of UK towns: 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14%, against 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of Clayhill’s residents are under 41.1, younger than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
8.6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 95% 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%.
36% of Clayhill’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.7 people per household, more than in 98% 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.
2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Clayhill sits above 89% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (34%)
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 figure for households without a car or van is 9.4% in Clayhill and 24% across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 21%.
Clayhill sits above 84% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (14%)
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
In Clayhill, 95% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (4.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.9%).
Only 31% of residents said they have no religion in Clayhill
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: 67% of Clayhill · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Pakistani (8.4%), Mixed or multiple (7%) and Caribbean (4.2%). For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 44%, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
More adults who have never married than 83% of UK towns: 38%
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
With unpaid carers at 9.9%, Clayhill is ahead of 66% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Locally, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 28% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%). For 20%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Clayhill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayhill | 288 | — | 41.1 | 14% | 42% |
| Marlow Bottom | 3,339 | 1.4 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 33% |
| Lane End | 3,446 | 1.6 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Marlow | 14,641 | 2.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 31% |
| High Wycombe | 83,541 | 2.6 mi | 35.8 | 12% | 34% |
| Downley | 2,655 | 2.8 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 36% |
| Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green | 12,438 | 4.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 30% |
| Hurley | 1,317 | 4.2 mi | 40.8 | 13% | 41% |
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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 Clayhill’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 Clayhill’s residents
What is the population of Clayhill?
The 2021 Census counted 288 people in Clayhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clayhill?
The median age was 41.1 at the 2021 Census. 15% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clayhill?
67% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clayhill?
31% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 13% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Clayhill good for families?
42% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clayhill’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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