Photo: Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.05% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Gawcott has 2.3%. At the 2021 Census Gawcott was home to 906 people in 358 households. Locally, 24% of households are one person living alone. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns, at 57%.
Older than 69% of UK towns: half of Gawcott is over 47
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. For Gawcott, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Gawcott, 4.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 70% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.2% in Gawcott and 11% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Gawcott households average 2.5 people, larger than in 91% 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.
At 29%, the share of households with dependent children is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.9%.
Above 82% of UK towns: 43% of households live in a detached house
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, 28% of households live in a terraced house here. On top of that, 2.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 43% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 71% 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 Africa (2.2%) and in EU countries (1.8%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Born outside the UK: 5.5% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns.
In Gawcott, 35% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 83% 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: 90% of Gawcott · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Indian (0.7%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 90%.
Below 82% of UK towns: 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 50% in Gawcott. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Unpaid carers: 8.5% of the total.
36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Gawcott counts 36% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gawcott
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gawcott | 906 | — | 47 | 23% | 29% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 1.6 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 3.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 4.8 mi | 39.4 | 11% | 46% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 5.7 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 7.1 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 7.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Gawcott’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 Gawcott’s residents
What is the population of Gawcott?
The 2021 Census counted 906 people in Gawcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gawcott?
The median age was 47 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gawcott?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gawcott?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Gawcott good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gawcott’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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