Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 86%
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 66%, against 73% across England’s towns. For Higher Denham, the census puts households in terraced houses at 1.2%. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 58% here, more than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 657 residents in 248 households at the 2021 Census.
Older than 77% of UK towns: half of Higher Denham is over 48.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 20%. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here, more than in 76% of UK towns.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 78% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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%.
46% of Higher Denham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 9.8% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 7.8% here, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 20% in Higher Denham, less than in 98% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.8%, about the same as across England’s towns. On the census count, a quarter of households have dependent children. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
5.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% 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
The figure for households in flats is 2.9% in Higher Denham and 23% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
16% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 88% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Here 96% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (7.3%) and in EU countries (4.4%).
Residents with no religion make up 26% in Higher Denham, less than in 97% 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: 66% of Higher Denham · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 4.6% of residents. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 50% here and 46% across England’s towns.
Higher Denham sits below 76% of UK towns for adults who have never married (29%)
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. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.4%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
43% of Higher Denham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.7% have none (18%).
Higher Denham is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Denham | 657 | — | 48.5 | 20% | 25% |
| Denham | 1,482 | 1.3 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 30% |
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 1.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 34% |
| New Denham | 1,790 | 2.2 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 2.5 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Iver Heath | 5,150 | 2.8 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 30% |
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | 2.9 mi | 37.7 | 13% | 38% |
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | 3.5 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 30% |
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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 Higher Denham’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 Higher Denham’s residents
What is the population of Higher Denham?
The 2021 Census counted 657 people in Higher Denham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Higher Denham?
The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Higher Denham?
66% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Higher Denham?
26% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.6% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Higher Denham good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Higher Denham’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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