Photo: Hippalus at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Frieth is over 54.1
Households in terraced houses make up 8.4%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Frieth, 19% of households are one person living alone. At 18%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. 569 residents in 239 households: that is Frieth at the 2021 Census.
Frieth sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.9%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 31% in Frieth.
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.
Frieth ranks above 59% of UK towns on full-time students: 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%.
In Frieth, three in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 6.5% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On residents who moved in within the year, Frieth sits higher than 70% of UK towns: 9.8%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 25% of households in Frieth have dependent children
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Only 0.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Frieth
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 3% of households have no car or van here. Set beside that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 70%.
Frieth: 9.4% of residents were born outside the UK, above 72% 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 (4.1%) or in Africa (2.1%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 74% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Frieth, more than in 92% 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 Frieth · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 34% in Frieth. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Chinese (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 93%, more than in 53% of UK towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 66%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 9. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 59% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 59% of adults in Frieth (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 6.1% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Frieth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frieth | 569 | — | 54.1 | 31% | 25% |
| Lane End | 3,446 | 1.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Marlow Bottom | 3,339 | 3.1 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 33% |
| Marlow | 14,641 | 4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 31% |
| Stokenchurch | 4,351 | 4.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 29% |
| Downley | 2,655 | 4.2 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 36% |
| Hurley | 1,317 | 4.4 mi | 40.8 | 13% | 41% |
| High Wycombe | 83,541 | 4.6 mi | 35.8 | 12% | 34% |
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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 Frieth’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 Frieth’s residents
What is the population of Frieth?
The 2021 Census counted 569 people in Frieth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Frieth?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Frieth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Frieth?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Frieth good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Frieth’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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