Photo: Stephen Daglish · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4% of households have no car or van in Great Kimble
21% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. At the 2021 Census, 383 people lived in Great Kimble, in 150 households. Married adults and civil partners account for 56%. The village has fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1.3%.
Great Kimble is older than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 46.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 11% in Great Kimble and 12% across England’s towns. At the same time, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 73% of UK 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.3% in Great Kimble, less than in 95% 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%.
Full-time students: 7.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children make up 33% in Great Kimble, more than in 87% 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.
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
13% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 81% of UK towns
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 21% across England’s towns, 34% of households live in a detached house here. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 59% 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
6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in Africa (2.1%). By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%, a higher share than 71% 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: 92% of Great Kimble · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Pakistani (0.5%). For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Great Kimble sits lower than 76% of UK towns: 36%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; here, 92%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 78% of UK towns, at 28%
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
4 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 9%.
Degree-level qualifications: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Great Kimble, 11%, while 36% hold one at degree level (34%). The highest qualification of 17% is A levels, often students still at university.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Great Kimble
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Kimble | 383 | — | 46.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 1.9 mi | 49 | 28% | 24% |
| Longwick | 1,528 | 2.2 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 2.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 3.7 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 3.7 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 3.8 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Stone | 2,081 | 4.2 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 31% |
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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 Great Kimble’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 Great Kimble’s residents
What is the population of Great Kimble?
The 2021 Census counted 383 people in Great Kimble’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Kimble?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Kimble?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Kimble?
36% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Great Kimble good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Kimble’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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