Bulstrode Park camp · Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 98% of UK towns: 63% of households live in a detached house
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 60%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 8,117 residents and 2,940 households in Gerrards Cross.
What the Census says about Gerrards Cross’s people
More born abroad than most towns
25% of residents were born outside the UK, against 20% across Buckinghamshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (9.6%) and in EU countries (6.2%). Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
45% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 97% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Indian (18%), Other White (10%) and Mixed or multiple (4.2%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 45.5: Gerrards Cross is older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, against 12% across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Gerrards Cross, 45.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 7.2%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Gerrards Cross, 54% and 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 11% in the town.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
34% of households have dependent children, more 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.
Gerrards Cross sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, about the same as across England’s towns. One-person households account for 23%. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns: 6.9%
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
7.2% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 21% of households live in a flat or apartment in Gerrards Cross.
More residents born abroad than 96% of UK towns: 25% in Gerrards Cross
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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
92% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (9.6%) and in EU countries (6.2%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 55%
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: 55% of Gerrards Cross · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 6.4%. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Gerrards Cross ranks below 89% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 7.9%, from the figure across England’s towns. 154 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
57% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 57% of Gerrards Cross’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.6% have no qualification (18%). 13% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
180th highest median age among 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Gerrards Cross in age: Catshill (45.5), Chipping Norton (45.5), Pencoed (45.5) and Crawcrook and Greenside (45.6).
Of the 7 towns nearest Gerrards Cross, 3 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | — | 45.5 | 22% | 34% |
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 1.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | 2.4 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 30% |
| Denham | 1,482 | 2.7 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 30% |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 2.9 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 32% |
| Iver Heath | 5,150 | 3.3 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 3.3 mi | 46 | 22% | 34% |
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | 3.4 mi | 37.7 | 13% | 38% |
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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 Gerrards Cross’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 Gerrards Cross’s residents
What is the population of Gerrards Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 8,117 people in Gerrards Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gerrards Cross?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gerrards Cross?
55% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 25% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gerrards Cross?
22% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 6.4% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Gerrards Cross good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gerrards Cross’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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