Photo: Michael Trolove · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.8%
Set against 39% across England’s towns, a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Haddenham. The town counted 5,603 residents and 2,418 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 9.5%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Haddenham sits lower than 67% of UK towns: 89%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: 7.3% of residents. The median age in Haddenham is 44.5, higher than in half of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Haddenham, 44.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Haddenham ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Haddenham has 13%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 76% of UK towns: 27% of households
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 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 30% here, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.2%.
Households in detached houses: 42%, a higher share than 80% 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 8.9% in Haddenham. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house. On the census count, 16% of households live in a terraced house.
Above 66% of UK towns: 8.4% of residents were born outside the UK
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%.
42% of residents said they have no religion, a share 60% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 89% of Haddenham · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 48% here and 46% across England’s towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Indian (1.1%).
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 8.7%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Haddenham, 49%, and 12% have none, against 18%.
Among 624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, the 246th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Haddenham in age: Barrow upon Soar (44.5), Wellesbourne (44.5), Halfway Houses (44.5) and Blaina (44.5).
Haddenham is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddenham | 5,603 | — | 44.5 | 24% | 30% |
| Thame | 12,952 | 2.7 mi | 44 | 21% | 29% |
| Long Crendon | 2,495 | 3 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 30% |
| Stone | 2,081 | 3.2 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Longwick | 1,528 | 3.8 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Chinnor | 7,268 | 5 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Waddesdon | 1,859 | 5.1 mi | 43.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 5.3 mi | 49 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Haddenham’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 Haddenham’s residents
What is the population of Haddenham?
The 2021 Census counted 5,603 people in Haddenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haddenham?
The median age was 44.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 50% of UK towns. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haddenham?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haddenham?
42% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Haddenham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haddenham’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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