Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 6.1% of residents are 65 or over
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Edgcott has 27%. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 41% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. The village counted 900 residents and 218 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van account for 3.6%.
In Edgcott, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
35–39 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. With a median age of 40.4, Edgcott is younger than 78% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
26% women, 74% men
About 35 women for every 100 men. 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.
Edgcott ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.6%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, above 91% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
A larger share of one-person households than 82% of UK towns: 34%
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 1.8%, Edgcott is behind 78% of UK towns on that count. Higher than in 69% of UK towns: 29% of households have dependent children. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 5.5%
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
Detached houses are home to 14% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Fewer households in flats than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 6.4%. Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK make up 8.7% in Edgcott, 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 (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Edgcott has 97%.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 87% of UK towns: 78%
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: 78% of Edgcott · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 6.7% of residents. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 41% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
5.5% of residents give unpaid care, below 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 13. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 54% here, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of Edgcott’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Edgcott
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgcott | 900 | — | 40.4 | 6.1% | 29% |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 1.4 mi | 39.4 | 11% | 46% |
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 3.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Quainton | 1,311 | 4 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Launton | 1,374 | 4.7 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Ambrosden | 2,736 | 4.9 mi | 33.6 | 7.2% | 45% |
| Waddesdon | 1,859 | 4.9 mi | 43.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Upper Arncott | 1,659 | 5.4 mi | 36.4 | 11% | 33% |
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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 Edgcott’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 Edgcott’s residents
What is the population of Edgcott?
The 2021 Census counted 900 people in Edgcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edgcott?
The median age was 40.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 6.1% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edgcott?
78% 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 Edgcott?
41% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 6.7% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Edgcott good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edgcott’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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