Photo: Mary Sivyour · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Emberton is over 52.5, older than 93% of UK towns
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Emberton comes in at 24%. On households without a car or van, Emberton sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.4%. The village counted 716 residents and 304 households at the 2021 Census. In Emberton, 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% in Emberton, less than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Emberton has 28%. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 6.3%
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 full-time students tops 84% of UK towns: 6%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of one-person households than 93% of UK towns: 23%
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, 29% of households have dependent children; in Emberton, 26%. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. For Emberton, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2%.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 76% of UK towns: 40%
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
Households in terraced houses: 24%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Emberton, more than in 87% 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
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 44%, a higher share than 70% 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: 93% of Emberton · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Emberton has 51%. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. On the census count, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Emberton sits above 97% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (59%)
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
10% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 20.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Emberton’s adults: 40% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Emberton
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Emberton’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 Emberton’s residents
What is the population of Emberton?
The 2021 Census counted 716 people in Emberton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Emberton?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Emberton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Emberton?
44% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Emberton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Emberton’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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