Photo: Mark Percy · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.3: Coleshill is older than 93% of UK towns
10% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The census found that 3.4% of households have no car or van in Coleshill. Fewer one-person households than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 26%. The 2021 Census counted 418 residents in 179 households.
Coleshill sits above 95% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (33%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 97% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Coleshill ranks above 85% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 11%
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%.
49% of Coleshill’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Households with dependent children make up 24% in Coleshill, less than in 79% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Coleshill, 2.3. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 3.9%.
50% of households live in a detached house, more than in 89% 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
With households in flats at 15%, Coleshill is ahead of 69% of UK towns on that count. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
8.7% born outside the UK, more than in 68% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.6%). Coleshill has more residents whose main language is English than 72% of UK towns, at 99%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 76% of UK towns: 54%
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 Coleshill · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.6%), Indian (3.1%) and Mixed or multiple (1.7%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Coleshill has fewer residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns, at 35%. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 87% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
62% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 9 residents. 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.5%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 50%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 50% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 9.3% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Coleshill are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleshill | 418 | — | 52.3 | 33% | 24% |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 2.3 mi | 46 | 22% | 34% |
| Amersham | 17,377 | 2.3 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 34% |
| Chalfont St Giles | 4,707 | 2.7 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 32% |
| Beaconsfield | 14,142 | 2.8 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 33% |
| Hyde Heath | 1,048 | 3.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 32% |
| Little Chalfont | 6,506 | 3.1 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 38% |
| Hazlemere | 20,006 | 3.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Coleshill’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 Coleshill’s residents
What is the population of Coleshill?
The 2021 Census counted 418 people in Coleshill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coleshill?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coleshill?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coleshill?
35% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Coleshill good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coleshill’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.